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Dyslexic learners in the EFL classroom - Coggle Diagram
Dyslexic learners in the EFL classroom
metaphor: running with invisible hurdles
definition
difficulties with spelling and processing spoken information
difficulties with accurate and fluent word recognition
affects many other aspects of learning and using language
affects the students' academic progress and performance as well as other areas in life
sometimes dyslexia does not appear in the students' mother tongue, only in foreign language learning
the "hurdles"
shorter memory span
smaller working memory capacity
reduced phonemic awareness
difficulty with perceiving differences between sounds
problmes with sound-letter associations
causes
neurobiological origins
often inherited
related to other specific learning difficulties
dyscalculia
difficulties with mathematic skills
dyspraxia
learning difficulties related to fine motor skills
FL-related problems
mising up letters
misreading words
reading more slowly
having diffuclties with understanding meaning
having problems with reading aloud and paying attention to meaning
difficulty with spelling
difficulty with memorizing new vocabulary
need more encounters with a word
need more practice and revision opportunities
support
shorten reading texts
divide texts into shorter parts
use illustrations and glossaries of unknown words
prepare quick and easy comprehension questions
give students easier reading tasks