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Subject: Re: learning a new language Author: Justin [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 06:11:24 07/03/12 Tue In reply to: bcn 's message, "learning a new language" on 12:43:39 11/30/11 Wed Dear Ben, good luck in learning Spanish. I have been living and working in Italy for the last 15 years. I am bilingual and teach English both privately and in the state school system. Today about 35% of my private students and at least 10% of my students at school suffer from dyslexia in some form or another. I have had some great results with spoken Englsh. The written is always been a problem for my dyslexic students. The most difficult thing for me as a teacher at the beginning was adapting to many of my students learning curves. Let me give you an example of a student who is C1-C2 (intermediate-advanced level) who seemed to make little progress for at least a year who then made a huge jump. He seemed to take three steps forward and then two back. The fact is that he continues going forward. With other elements of language - tense and aspect for example - he made more progress in two years than most people do in a lifetime. His communication is good - the communicative part of language is solid while the precision part is - lets just say not absolutely perfect but who cares anyway he speaks a million times better than many non dyslexic students. Feel free to email me if there is anything more specific that you want to talk about. Best regards Justin justinfabris@hotmail.com [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: learning a new language Author: Sam (I totally understand!) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:12:57 04/09/13 Tue Hey Ben, I was just reading through all the posts when I saw yours! I was very shocked to read it as I am in the same boat as you now. I see from the post it was a few years ago. So how did you end up going? I have been living in Spain for the last three months after meeting my Spanish girlfriend backpacking through Europe. I knew this would be a massive challenge from me but I thought I could do. I started my Spanish course a month ago and after three weeks I had to speak to the director and change my course to a one-on-one with far less contact hours. I'm really not sure if it was my dyslexia or the anxiety of being back in the classroom that was blocking my learning. Anyway I'm here for a year and a half and I'm now doing four hours a week instead of 20 are and I feel much more relaxed. Thanks for sharing Sam [ Post a Reply to This Message ]