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The Impact of Impoverished Language Development on Preschoolers' Readiness-To-Learn During the Foundation Phase

H. Naudé Department of Educational Psychology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa
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E. Pretorius Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, BMW Building, PO Box 2034, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa
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J. Viljoen Department of Teaching and Training, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa
Pages 271-291 | Published online: 17 Sep 2010

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