How long do the advantages of learning to read a transparent orthography last? An investigation of the reading skills and reading impairment of Welsh children at 10 years of age

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1393-1410

  Hanley, J Richard ^a   Masterson, Jackie ^a   Spencer, Llinos H ^b   Evans, Dylan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DYSLEXIA; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHONETICS; VOCABULARY; WALES;

EID: 9344246844     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980343000819     Document Type: Review

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