Mother-child joint writing in Chinese kindergarteners: Metalinguistic awareness, maternal mediation and literacy acquisition

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 426-442

  Lin, Dan ^a   McBride Chang, Catherine ^b   Aram, Dorit ^c   Levin, Iris ^c  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 80054057626     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: 14679817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2010.01446.x     Document Type: Article

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