Teaching children how to read

{ December 20th, 2009 }

It is a common myth that English is the hardest language in the world. While I would challenge this claim as a teacher of English as a Foreign Language, French and German, I believe that English does present particular problems to those learning to read it – especially young and dyslexic children. The purpose of this short article is to explore why this is so and suggest some approaches to teaching reading.

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Dyslexia: Fact or Fiction?

{ August 16th, 2008 }

There is a vast amount of information about dyslexia on the web.The most useful sites are ones which provide some information about how to help children with reading difficulties to master reading http://www.kidsandreading.co.uk/.

Since dyslexia is a syndrome and not a medical condition, it cannot be diagnosed by clinical tests. Diagnosis relies upon a check list of characteristics which might point to dyslexia (see below). Read the rest of this entry »

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