Dyslexia and Foreign Languages Learning

Dyslexia and Modern Foreign Languages - Dyslexia Training

Dyslexia affects 10-15% of the population. Dyslexic students are often either exempted from the study of additional languages or they underperform in foreign language classes. This free online course is designed for current and trainee teachers of additional languages. It offers you practical tools, as well as theoretical insights, to best

In terms of learning foreign languages, students with dyslexia are often disregarded as those that lack proper abilities to study another language besides their own. Yet, this assumption is rather far-fetched. According to the Society for Neuroscience, almost 44 million American children and adults have dyslexia, and about 3.5% of American students already receive special […]

Foreign Language Study Tips. By Kevin Olson We reached out to Spanish teacher Kevin Olson for some advice about learning a foreign language. Here are his foreign language study tips (some of which can be helpful when studying in general). Always look at the English first (pictures are even better) and then produce the foreign language word. For

23 Jun 2010 ... This book addresses specific learning difficulties in reading and spelling – developmental dyslexia. Set in the cross-linguistic context, it presents ... Dyslexic learners are likely to encounter a large number of problems when learning foreign languages (Downey, Snyder, and Hill 2000; Ganschow, Sparks, and.