Dyslexia in the Foreign Language Classroom (Second Language Acquisition)

✍ Scribed by Joanna Nijakowska

• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 250
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Dyslexia in the Foreign Language Classroom......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
1 Becoming Literate......Page 14
2 Causes of Dyslexia......Page 46
3 Dyslexia and Foreign Language Learning......Page 79
4 Symptoms and Identification of Dyslexia......Page 98
5 Treatment and Teaching......Page 128
6 Sample Activities for Learners with Dyslexia Learning
English as a Foreign Language......Page 166
Afterword......Page 203
Appendix 1......Page 210
Appendix 2......Page 213
Appendix 3......Page 219
Appendix 4......Page 220
Appendix 5......Page 221
Appendix 6......Page 222
References......Page 223
Index......Page 246