Reading expressively and understanding thoroughly: An examination of prosody in adults with low literacy skills

Reading and Writing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 665-680

  Binder, Katherine S ^a   Tighe, Elizabeth ^b   Jiang, Yue ^a   Kaftanski, Katharine ^a   Qi, Cynthia ^a   Ardoin, Scott P ^c  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult Basic Education; Decoding; Prosody; Reading comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876571373     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-012-9382-7     Document Type: Article

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