Learning to read: General principles and writing system variations

Learning to Read Across Languages: Cross-Linguistic Relationships in First- and Second-Language Literacy Development

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 13-38

  Perfetti, Charles A ^a   Dunlap, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 84916974371     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203935668     Document Type: Chapter

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