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Completely Illiterate Adults Can Learn to Decode in 3 Months
By Régine Kolinsky, Isabel Leite, Cristina Carvalho, Ana Franco & José Morais
Published Read Writ, 2019, 31, 649–677 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-017-9804-7

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Adult Literacy Benefits? New Opportunities for Research into Sustainable Development
By David Post
Published Int Rev Educ, 2016, 62, 751–770. DOI 10.1007/s11159-016-9602-5

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Neo-literate Adult Dyslexia and Literacy Policies: A Neurocognitive Research Review of a Curious Unexplored Phenomenon
By Helen Abadzi
Published Current and Critical Issues in Curriculum, Learning and Assessment, in progress-reflection, 2019, nro 29, IBE/2019/WP/CD/29.

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Why Do Children Differ in Their Development of Reading and Related Skills?
By Richard K. Olson, Janice M. Keenan, Brian Byrne, & Stefan Samuelsson
Published Scientific Studies of Reading, 18(1), 38–54. DOI: 10.1080/10888438.2013.800521

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Reading and Phonological Awareness in Africa
By Katherine J. Alcock, Damaris S. Ngorosho, & Matthew C.H. Jukes
Published Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017, 1-10. DOI: 10.1177/0022219417728051

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Development of Reading and Writing Skills and Motivation in Preschool and Early School Years
By Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen, Anna-Maija Poikkeus, Timo Ahonen, Martti Siekkinen, Pekka Niemi, & Jari-Erik Nurmi
Published Kasvatus, 2010, 41(2), 116–128.

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Early Childhood Reading Sessions Support Reading Skills
By Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen, Jenni Salminen, & Eija Pakarinen
Published Onnimanni, 2018, 1-2, 20-26.

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Does early reading instruction promote the rate of acquisition? A comparison of two transparent orthographies
By Piret Soodla, Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen,Pekka Niemi, Eve Kikas, Gintautas Silinskas & Jari-Erik Nurmi
Published Learning and Instruction, 2015, 38, 14–23. DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2015.02.002

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We Do Not Have Language at Our House: Disentangling the Relationship Between Phonological Awareness, Schooling, and Literacy
By K.J. Alcock, D. Ngorosho, C. Deus, & M.C.H. Jukes
Published British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009, 80(1), 55–76. DOI:10.1348/000709909X424411

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