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Dyslexia affects 10-15% of the population. Dyslexic students are often either exempted from the study of additional languages or they under-perform in foreign language classes.

This free online course is designed for current and trainee teachers of additional languages. It offers you practical tools, as well as theoretical insights, to best accommodate and meet the needs of students with dyslexia in foreign or second language classes.

The course gives an up-to-date overview of current theoretical knowledge about the nature of dyslexia and how it affects the learning of additional languages. This course is designed for professional language teachers, secondary school teachers, undergraduates, postgraduates and anyone with an interest in dyslexia and language learning.

[clownstrofilia]

This is such an important thing to know and learn how to approach! I would like to make a note about the editing, though: the background music is quite loud and makes it a bit tricky to hear the voice over :(

[taggthis]

I wondered if I could pick your brains about something?

I am trying to learn Italian but I feel I am hitting a ceiling. All my lessons are online and I am doing at least 3 hours of learning a week, but I don’t seem to be progressing further. My tutor is great and fantastic, but I am the problem with my learning difficulty!


Trying to fit in learning while in the routine of life is proving difficult as work takes up a lot of my brain power and I find myself logging off, but at the same time logging onto my lessons one minute apart!

I don’t need the reading and writing element of things. Just the listening and speaking only to communicate with family and friends. When I am in Italy, family and friends usually speak dialect amongst themselves, so it would not be great to be exposed to that too much whilst I am learning, so I would need independent exposure.

I have been talking to a tutor about possibly going over to Italy for a 6 day- ish period to try and pick up the language in that way, so it introduces active / situational Learning, but do you have any tips/ thoughts, advice you could provide?

[rashad]

Is there a course ment for dyslexic foreign language learners themselves?