The effect of L1 orthography on the oral reading of adult English language learners

Writing Systems Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-71

  Lems, Kristin ^a  

^a NATIONAL LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity theory; Curriculum based measurement; English language learners; Oral reading; Orthography; Reading comprehension; Reading fluency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867067774     PISSN: 17586801     EISSN: 1758681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17586801.2011.635951     Document Type: Article

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