Multilingualism, Literacy and Dyslexia
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...
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This book grew out of a conference organized by the British Dyslexia Association in 1999, focusing on multilingualism and dyslexia. Fifty international specialists contribute to this collection of 30 essays, suitable for anyone involved in literacy development, language learning and teaching. Topics include assessment of language difficulties in multilingual learners; teaching approaches and strategies; a global overview of policy and interventions; dyslexia in adults and university students; and difficulties in additional language learning faced by people with dyslexia. Annotation © Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
ForewordIntroductionThe EditorsNotes on the Contributors1Multilingualism, Literacy and Dyslexia: A Challenge for Educators12Dyslexia Diagnosis in Different Languages123Assessing Varieties of Literacy and English224Bilingualism and Literacy Assessment305Bilingual Children's Profiles on Dyslexia Screening Measures366Literacy Development in Emergent Bilingual Children457Dyslexia and Bilingualism - Implications for Assessment, Teaching and Learning528The Effects of Literacy Hour and Phonics Teaching on Poor Readers' Phonological and Literacy Skills: Case Studies of Children with English as an Additional Language619Text Genre, Miscue Analysis, Bilingualism and Dyslexia: Teaching Strategies with Junior School Pupils7010Shared Writing in the Support of Dyslexic Children from Different Cultural Backgrounds8011Children's Spelling Errors in Welsh and English Writing8512Multilingualism and Literacy in Sweden - Multiple Sources of Reading Difficulty9413Using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to Support Bilingual Dyslexic Learners10214The Literacy Acquisition of Black and Asian 'English-as-Additional Language' (EAL) Learners: Anti-Racist Assessment and Intervention Challenges11115Maori Culture and Literacy Learning: Bicultural Approaches12016Bilingualism or Dyslexia - Language Difference or Language Disorder?12917Special Education or Second Language Training: What do Bilingual Children Need?13818Rethinking Teacher Training Programmes for Linguistically Diverse Students with Dyslexia14419Diagnosing Multilingual Adults15320Dyslexia Support in a Multilingual University Environment16321Difficulties of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) for Students with Language-Learning Disabilities (Dyslexia)18222Identifying and Helping Learning-Disabled English as a Second Language (ESL) Students in a College Intensive English Programme19223The Neuropsychology of Modern Foreign Language Learning20324Teaching Modern Foreign Language to Dyslexic Learners: A Scottish Perspective21125The Language Puzzle: Connecting the Study of Linguistics with a Multisensory Language Instructional Programme in Foreign Language Learning21826Dyslexia and Modern Foreign Language Learning - Strategies for Success22927Structured Multisensory Teaching for Second Language Learning in Israel23528Application of the GAME Approach to Dyslexic Learners in Israel24329Dyslexia - Does it Mean Anything to a Foreign Language Teacher?24830Using the Internet as a Multimedia Method of Teaching a Modern Foreign Language to People with Dyslexia257References264Index288
