The core components of reading instruction in Chinese

Reading and Writing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 857-886

  Ho, Connie Suk Han ^a   Wong, Yau Kai ^a   Yeung, Pui Sze ^a   Chan, David Wai ock ^b   Chung, Kevin Kien Hoa ^c   Lo, Sau Ching ^a   Luan, Hui ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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

^d HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Cognitive linguistic skills; Reading instruction; Tiered intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858280681     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-011-9303-1     Document Type: Article

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