Nijakowska Dyslexia in the Foreign Language Classroom

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-1-84769-400-3
Verlag: Multilingual Matters
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 51, 256 Seiten

Reihe: Second Language Acquisition

This book addresses specific learning difficulties in reading and spelling – developmental dyslexia. Set in the cross-linguistic context, it presents issues surrounding dyslexia from the perspective of a foreign language teacher. It is intended to serve as a reference book for those involved in foreign language teaching, including experienced in-service teachers and novice teachers, as well as teacher trainers and trainees. It offers an up-to-date and reader-friendly study of the mechanisms of dyslexia and an overview of the current research on the disorder, in theoretical and practical terms. Its aim is to help teachers tackle one of the many challenges they face in the modern classroom: the organization of an effective foreign language teaching process for students with dyslexia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nijakowska, Joanna

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Alphabetisierung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Chapter 1 Becoming Literate

Chapter 2 Causes of Dyslexia

Chapter 3 Dyslexia and Foreign Language Learning

Chapter 4 Symptoms and Identification of Dyslexia

Chapter 5 Treatment and Teaching

Chapter 6 Sample Activities for Learners with Dyslexia Learning English as a Foreign Language

Über Autor(innen)

Nijakowska, Joanna
Joanna Nijakowska is a university professor in the Centre for Foreign Language Teacher Training and European Education, University of Warsaw, Poland. A teacher trainer, specialist in second/foreign language acquisition and didactics, psycholinguistics and learning difficulties, she runs teacher training courses and workshops for ELT students and practitioners. She has coordinated international projects and co-authored the award-winning FL teacher training materials on inclusive instructional practices with learners with dyslexia. She has authored books and research papers on dyslexia, inclusive classroom practices, effectiveness of foreign language teacher training, and teachers’ needs, concerns, attitudes and self-efficacy beliefs about inclusive language teaching.

Joanna Nijakowska is Assistant Professor in the Institute of English at the University of Lódz, Poland. A specialist in psycholinguistics, foreign language acquisition and didactics, and learning difficulties, she runs teacher training courses for ELT students and practitioners. She has authored and edited books and papers on EFL and dyslexia, presenting her research at European and American academic centers.