Multilingualism, Literacy and Dyslexia

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This fully revised edition offers comprehensive advice on identifying, assessing, and supporting bilingual and multilingual learners, distinguishing literacy difficulties caused by language diversity from dyslexia. Featuring global expert contributions, it covers assessment techniques, the impact of dyslexia on bilingualism, literacy challenges in Indigenous cultures, the SENCO's role, and the emotional needs of learners. Innovative teaching programmes and technology applications are also explored to aid literacy development and additional language acquisition.
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Ideal for teachers, teaching assistants, specialists, and practitioners involved in literacy development and language learning, especially those working with bilingual or multilingual children in diverse educational settings, including international schools.

This fully revised new edition provides advice on the assessment and support of bilingual learners and assists practitioners in identifying the difference between literacy difficulties due to bilingualism or multilingualism and dyslexia.

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This fully revised new edition provides advice on the identification, assessment, and support of bilingual learners, assisting practitioners in discerning the difference between literacy difficulties due to bilingualism or multilingualism and dyslexia. An essential text for staff development, it includes innovative approaches in technology and teaching programmes beneficial to multilingual learners, alongside advice on learning additional languages.

With contributions from experts from across the globe, Multilingualism, Literacy and Dyslexia provides guidance on key themes, including:

the assessment of multilingual learners
the impact of dyslexia on bilingualism
the literacy challenges facing learners from Indigenous cultures
the role of the SENCO in identifying children with English as an additional language and dyslexia
the emotional needs of learners with bi/multilingualism and dyslexia

This book offers guidance to anyone involved in literacy development and language learning. With the increase in international schools globally and the growing desire of parents to ensure their children become proficient in English, Multilingualism, Literacy and Dyslexia will appeal to teachers, teaching assistants, specialists, and all other practitioners who work with bi/multilingual children.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138898639

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 11 February 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: 11 Tables, black and white; 13 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Halftones, black and white

Contributors:

Edited by Gavin Reid
Edited by Lindsay Peer

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 174.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 660g

Pages: 252

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Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Lindsay Peer, CBE, is an educational and chartered psychologist, international speaker, author and expert witness. Her previously published titles with Routledge include Glue Ear, Dyslexia: Successful Inclusion in Secondary Schools and Introduction to Dyslexia.

Gavin Reid is an international consultant and psychologist. His previously published titles with Routledge include The Routledge Companion to Dyslexia, Assessing Children with Specific Learning Difficulties, Dyslexia and Inclusion, Addressing Difficulties in Literacy Development and Meeting Difficulties in Literacy Development.