Becoming literate -- Causes of dyslexia -- Dyslexia and foreign language learning -- Symptoms and identification of dyslexia -- Treatment and teaching -- Sample activities for learners with dyslexia learning English as a foreign language.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"This book addresses specific learning difficulties in reading and spelling £ developmental dyslexia. Set in the cross-linguistic context, it presents issues surrounding dyslexia from the perspective of a foreign language teacher. It is intended to serve as a reference book for those involved in foreign language teaching, including experienced in-service teachers and novice teachers, as well as teacher trainers and trainees. It offers an up-to-date and reader-friendly study of the mechanisms of dyslexia and an overview of the current research on the disorder, in theoretical and practical terms. its aim is to help teachers tackle one of the many challenges they face in the modern classroom: the organization of an effective foreign language teaching process for students with dyslexia." ""This book is informed by wide consideration of current knowledge in the dyslexia field, viewing dyslexia from an interclisciplinaty perspective and considering language learning abilities to be on a continuum. Nijakowska presents a comprehensive overview of pert t arid current thinking and research on dyslexia as it relates to the learning of a foreign language With some novel approaches based an sound examination afferent findings, Nljakowska links research to practice to produce one of the most comprehensive books in the field, "--Dr Margaret Crombie, Educational Consultant, Author and Dyslexia Specialist"--Jacket.
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Ingram Content Group
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3-194-9781847692818
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Title
Dyslexia in the foreign language classroom.
International Standard Book Number
9781847692801
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Dyslexia.
Dyslexic children-- Education.
English language-- Study and teaching-- Foreign speakers.
Second language acquisition.
Dyslexia-- etiology.
Dyslexia-- therapy.
Language.
Learning.
English language-- Study and teaching as a second language.
Dyslektiker.
Dyslexia-- etiology.
Dyslexia-- therapy.
Dyslexia.
Dyslexia.
Dyslexic children-- Education.
Dyslexic children-- Education.
Dyslexie
Engelska som främmandespråk.
Engelskundervisning.
English language-- Study and teaching-- Foreign speakers.
English language-- Study and teaching-- Foreign speakers.