Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10453113 | Journal of Experimental Child Psychology | 2012 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Phonological awareness is critical for literacy development. ⺠Sparse research on development of phonological awareness in bilinguals. ⺠Mandarin and English have very different phonological structures. ⺠Report pre-readers syllable and phoneme awareness in both languages. ⺠Mandarin-L1 children's phoneme awareness depends on exposure to English.
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Authors
Stephanie H.M. Yeong, Susan J. Rickard Liow,