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ERIC Number: EJ548460
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1911
Investigating Literacy and Pre-literacy Skills in Panjabi/English Schoolchildren.
Stuart-Smith, Jane; Martin, Deirdre
Educational Review, v49 n2 p181-97 Jun 1997
In Britain, 30 bilingual 7-year olds were given phonological awareness tasks separately in English and Panjabi. Results suggested that assessment of preliteracy skills in bilingual children is useful only if carried out in both of their languages. (SK)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Children, Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition, Punjabi
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Phonological Awareness; United Kingdom
Note: Special Issue: Language Diversity in Education.