A Longitudinal Study of Effects of Phonological Processing, Visual Skills, and Speed of Processing on Chinese Character Acquisition among Hong Kong Chinese Kindergartners

Reading Development in Chinese Children

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 37-49

  McBride Chang, Catherine ^a   Zhong, Yiping ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Xiangtan Normal University Xiangtan 411201 Hunan PR China   (China)

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