Learning to spell from print and learning to spell from speech: A study of spelling of children who speak tamil, a Dravidian language

Handbook of Orthography and Literacy

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 551-568

  Aaron, P G ^a   Joshi, R Malatesha ^b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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