Title:
Multilingualism, literacy and dyslexia : breaking down barriers for educators / edited by Lindsay Peer and Gavin Reid.
Main Entry:
Peer, Lindsay.
Reid, Gavin, 1950-
British Dyslexia Association.
Publisher:
Routledge,
Publication Date:
2016.
Publication Place:
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
ISBN:
9781138898646 (pbk.)
1138898643 (pbk.)
Subject:
Multilingualism in children -- Congresses.
Dyslexic children -- Education -- Congresses.
Literacy -- Congresses.
Dyslexia -- Congresses.
Edition:
Second edition.
Contents:
Part I. Multilingualism, literacy and dyslexia: the context -- 1. Introduction / Lindsay Peer and Gavin Reid -- 2. Dyslexia and learning: theory into practice / Angela Fawcett -- 3. Dyslexia, bi/multilingualism and otitis media (glue ear): a sticky educational problem! / Lindsay Peer -- 4. Multilingualism and dyslexia: a critical perspective / Deirdre Martin -- 5. Principles and guidelines in test construction for multilingual children / Gad Elbeheri and John Everatt -- 6. Dyslexia and specific learning difficulties: assessment and intervention in a multilingual setting / Jennie Guise, Gavin Reid, Sionah Lannen and Colin Lannen -- 7. Language, literacy, identity and culture: challenges and responses for indigenous Mهaori learners / Sonja Macfarlane, Te Hurinui Clarke and Angus Macfarlane -- Part II. Planning and implementing intervention and addressing key issues -- 8. Language-based literacy interventions: innovative practice in South Africa / Elizabeth Nadler-Nir and Michelle Pascoe -- 9. Foreign language teacher training on dyslexia: DysTEFL resources / Joanna Nijakowska and Judit Kormos -- 10. English as an Additional Language (EAL), special educational needs and dyslexia: the role of the 21st century SENCo / Abigail Gray -- 11. Lessons from the Dyslexia and Multilingualism Project / Mim Hutchings and Tilly Mortimore -- 12. Bilingualism and dyslexia: the case of children learning English as an additional language / Linda Siegel -- 13. Theory and practice in the support of young people and adults with English as an additional language and dyslexia, in further and higher education / Sheena Bell and Emma Tudhope -- 14. Two bilingual case studies from a specialist dyslexia practitioner's perspective: working in Germany / Maya Jakubowicz -- 15. Contradictions/dilemmas around differentiation of homework for students with dyslexia studying English as a foreign language / Marie Rontou -- 16. Approaching dyslexia and multiple languages / Gilda Palti -- 17. Reading skills in children provided simultaneous instruction in two distinct writing systems: insights from behaviour and neuroimaging / Nandini Singh, Sarika Cherodath, T.A. Sumathi, Rozzel Kosera, Kate Currawala, Bhoomika Kar and Geet Oberoi -- 18. The emotional and mental health challenges of acculturation, multilingual stress and migration / Richard Soppitt -- 19. Policy considerations in addressing the needs of L2 learners who may have dyslexia / Esther Geva and Yueming Xi -- 20. Neighbor languages in Scandinavia in a multilingual world / Michael Dal -- Postscript / Lindsay Peer and Gavin Reid.
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