The course is designed to support learners to develop the practical skills and explore theoretical insights to help
dyslexic students learn a second language.
Not exact matches
For many of them, it's because people explicitly taught them... particularly for the
dyslexics and the
students that have other hidden disabilities, having a name for why they weren't
learning how to read, and not allowing them to develop a negative assumption about their own capability, was really important.
Rappolt - Schlichtmann is
dyslexic, and as a young
student she experienced firsthand the stigmatization that can happen for children with
learning issues.
A
dyslexic student may be allocated time with a
learning support teacher and some may receive targeted assistive technology.
«When teaching about space, the biggest challenge is presenting the content in a way that makes it real for the
students,» says Jamie Welebob, a science teacher at the Odyssey School, a
learning environment for
dyslexic students in Stevenson, Maryland, who has used Amazing Space resources.
The majority wrote that since most
learning disabilities are rooted in dyslexia - an inability to read and process information quickly — and as the SAT is not supposed to be a test of speed (or so the College Board says), a
dyslexic student's need for more time should be allowed without consequence.
Nigel Smith, Head of Content, FutureLearn, said: «We're very proud to be working with the University of Lancaster on this initiative; we're aware that
dyslexic students are often exempted from studying languages, so we're delighted to be able to support teachers to be able to cater for individuals with these
learning difficulties.
The opportunity to act as a role model for
students struggling with confidence, emphasising the increased capacity for imagination, visual
learning, and creativity that comes with
dyslexic brains.
The impetus to educate parents and even deal with their own
learning needs (most of the
dyslexic students I've taught have at least one parent who admits to having similar problems).
The materials and tasks in the course are designed to be applicable for various age groups of
dyslexic students and for a variety of language
learning contexts.
Because all letters in cursive start on a base line, and because the pen moves fluidly from left to right, cursive is easier to
learn for
dyslexic students who have trouble forming words correctly.