Teaching Languages to Students with Specific Learning Differences

Judit Kormos; Anne Margaret Smith

Published by Multilingual Matters 2012

Teaching Languages to Students with Specific Learning Differences

Judit Kormos and Anne Margaret Smith

In the series MM Textbooks

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781847696212

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About this book

This is a comprehensive resource for new language teachers and experienced professionals who wish to enhance their knowledge of working with students who have a Specific Learning Difference such as dyslexia. It can be used a core text, forming the basis of a course, or as supplementary reading to extend existing courses.

Author / Editor information

Kormos Judit :

Judit Kormos is a senior lecturer at the Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University. She is the editor of the volume Language Learners with Special Needs: An International Perspective. She was the principal investigator of a research and teacher training project on the language learning processes of dyslexic and Deaf learners in Hungary.

Smith Anne Margaret :

Anne Margaret Smith is a specialist tutor and assessor for students with SpLDs. Her research interests include the assessment of cognitive functioning in multilingual learners. Her company ELT well offers advice and training for teachers and assessors who want to explore the overlap between language learning and SpLDs.

Judit Kormos is a senior lecturer at the Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University. She is the editor of the volume Language Learners with Special Needs: An International Perspective. She was the principal investigator of a research and teacher training project on the language learning processes of dyslexic and Deaf learners in Hungary.

Anne Margaret Smith is a specialist tutor and assessor for students with SpLDs. Her research interests include the assessment of cognitive functioning in multilingual learners. Her company ELT well offers advice and training for teachers and assessors who want to explore the overlap between language learning and SpLDs.

Reviews

The book is accessible to all types of language teachers, from the most experienced to the novice, and explores a wide range of themes. It is organised into short evenlength chapters and readers are not overloaded with technical linguistic jargon, even when cognitive processes are being described.

This is a thought-provoking book that will hopefully stimulate further research. It is, thus, highly recommended for foreign language teachers and anybody interested in literacy issues, test designers and program administrators.

This is a long awaited book and it is sure to be ‘snapped up’ by all professional groups who deal with the literacy issues experienced by multilingual learners with dyslexia and other specific difficulties. The authors provide a sound understanding of the strategies needed to ensure that all subjects are made accessible. This book is sure to be a winner!

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1: Views of Disability in Education Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2: What Is Dyslexia? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
3: Associated Learning Differences Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
4: Cognitive and Emotional Aspects of Language Learning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
5: Identification and Disclosure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
6: Accommodating Differences Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
7: Techniques for Language Teaching Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
8: Assessment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
9: Transition and Progression Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
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Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Pages
- Main content: 248

eBook

Published: January 18, 2012
ISBN: 9781847696212