Spelling performance of English consonants among students whose first language is Arabic

Reading and Writing

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1089-1110

  Allaith, Zainab A ^a   Joshi, R Malatesha ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabic; Consonants; Cross language; English; Phonemic awareness; Phonology; Second language; Spelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052853595     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-010-9294-3     Document Type: Article

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