The contribution of age and reading instruction to oral narrative and pre-reading skills

First Language

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 379-403

  Suggate, Sebastian P ^a   Schaughency, Elizabeth A ^b   Reese, Elaine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

narrative quality; phonological awareness; reading; story memory; vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455123732     PISSN: 01427237     EISSN: 17402344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0142723710395165     Document Type: Article

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