Multilingualism, literacy and dyslexia : a challenge for educators / edited by Lindsay Peer and Gavin Reid ; foreword by the Rt. Hon. David Blunkett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Peer, Lindsay.

Reid, Gavin, 1950-

British Dyslexia Association.

Series:

David Fulton Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multilingualism in children--Congresses.

Multilingualism in children.

Dyslexic children--Education--Congresses.

Dyslexic children.

Literacy--Congresses.

Literacy.

Dyslexia--Congresses.

Dyslexia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This timely book provides: current and informative guidance for practitioners involved in areas of literacy, multilingualism and dyslexia, invaluable advice on assessment and support for bilingual learners and those needing to acquire a modern foreign language, an essential text for staff development in this area, reference to innovative approaches in technology and other teaching programs beneficial to multilingual learners, advice on learning additional languages. With contributions from international practitioners and researchers, this book will provide guidance to anyone involved in

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; The Editors; Notes on the Contributors; 1 Multilingualism, Literacy and Dyslexia: A Challenge for Educators; Section 1: Assessment; 2 Dyslexia Diagnosis in Different Languages; 3 Assessing Varieties of Literacy and English; 4 Bilingualism and Literacy Assessment; 5 Bilingual Children's Profiles on Dyslexia Screening Measures; 6 Literacy Development in Emergent Bilingual Children; Section 2: Approaches and Strategies; 7 Dyslexia and Bilingualism - Implications for Assessment, Teaching and Learning

8 The Effects of Literacy Hour and Phonics Teaching on Poor Readers' Phonological and Literacy Skills: Case Studies of Children with English as an Additional Language9 Text Genre, Miscue Analysis, Bilingualism and Dyslexia: Teaching Strategies with Junior School Pupils; 10 Shared Writing in the Support of Dyslexic Children from Different Cultural Backgrounds; 11 Children's Spelling Errors in Welsh and English Writing; 12 Multilingualism and Literacy in Sweden - Multiple Sources of Reading Difficulty

13 Using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to Support Bilingual Dyslexic LearnersSection 3: Policy and Interventions; 14 The Literacy Acquisition of Black and Asian 'English-as-Additional Language' (EAL) Learners: Anti-Racist Assessment and Intervention Challenges; 15 Maori Culture and Literacy Learning: Bicultural Approaches; 16 Bilingualism or Dyslexia - Language Difference or Language Disorder?; 17 Special Education or Second Language Training: What do Bilingual Children Need?; 18 Rethinking Teacher Training Programmes for Linguistically Diverse Students with Dyslexia

Section 4: Dyslexia in Adults and University Students19 Diagnosing Multilingual Adults; 20 Dyslexia Support in a Multilingual University Environment; 21 Difficulties of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) for Students with Language-Learning Disabilities (Dyslexia); 22 Identifying and Helping Learning-Disabled English as a Second Language (ESL) Students in a College Intensive English Programme; Section 5: Additional Language Learning; 23 The Neuropsychology of Modern Foreign Language Learning; 24 Teaching Modern Foreign Languages to Dyslexic Learners: A Scottish Perspective

25 The Language Puzzle: Connecting the Study of Linguistics with a Multisensory Language Instructional Programme in Foreign Language Learning26 Dyslexia and Modern Foreign Language Learning - Strategies for Success; 27 Structured Multisensory Teaching for Second Language Learning in Israel; 28 Application of the GAME Approach to Dyslexic Learners in Israel; 29 Dyslexia - Does it Mean Anything to a Foreign Language Teacher?; 30 Using the Internet as a Multimedia Method of Teaching a Modern Foreign Language to People with Dyslexia; References; Index

Notes:

First published in Great Britain by David Fulton Publishers 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-203-43237-1

1-136-60899-0

9780203432372

OCLC:

1000435199