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Subject: Re: International Learning Difference

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Wendy Fox

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Date Posted: 07:12:26 11/07/11 Mon
In reply to: Andie 's message, "International Learning Difference" on 08:30:30 11/06/11 Sun

I also work with non-native speakers of English at tertiary level. A number of them have problems with spelling, reading and writing and in the past I put that down to the fact that English is a foreign language to them. However, having studied on the Certificate in the Teaching of Children with Dyslexia course, I realise that a number of them are probably dyslexic as they also often have problems with jumbled spellings e.g. 'dose' instead of 'does', phonological processing e.g. 'serch' instead of 'search', visual tracking when reading, visual memory when copying from the board, sequencing e.g. the order of months of the year, writing letters or numbers backwards (I live in Dubai but students often write: 'Dudai')as well as difficulties following 2 or 3 step instructions and difficulties organising themselves and knowing what materials to bring to class. Some of them also grip their pens in an awkward way, have poor handwriting, are taking remedial maths and show distinct signs of having attention deficit disorder. I admit to having thought such students to be lazy or unmotivated but I now really do think dyslexia may be the cause of such behaviour. I am going to try to adopt a more multi-sensory approach to teaching such students and will try to have some of them tested for dyslexia so that they can be given more time in exams too.

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