How Important Is Teaching Phonemic Awareness to Children Learning to Read in Spanish?

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 604-633

  Goldenberg, Claude ^a   Tolar, Tammy D ^b   Reese, Leslie ^c   Francis, David J ^b   Ray Bazán, Antonio ^d   Mejía Arauz, Rebeca ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente   (Mexico)

Author keywords

phonemic awareness; Spanish reading instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904887397     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831214529082     Document Type: Article

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