Supporting Learners with Dyslexia in the ELT Classroom
Supporting Learners with Dyslexia in the ELT Classroom

Author: Michele Daloiso

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017-03-21

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 0194403300

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This book provides specific support to teachers who need to accommodate learners with dyslexia in their ELT classrooms – guiding them through the main steps of the process with clear explanations, suggestions, and practical tools. Areas covered include: • the nature and causes of dyslexia • emotional, cognitive, and linguistic factors connected to dyslexia and English as a foreign, second, or other language • methodological guidelines for making English language teaching accessible for learners with dyslexia • strategies for phonological and orthographic work • developing communicative skills in oral and written language • accessible language testing and assessment in classroom-based and official contexts. Extra resources are available on the website: www.oup.com/elt/teacher/supportingdyslexia

Dyslexia in the Foreign Language Classroom
Dyslexia in the Foreign Language Classroom

Author: Joanna Nijakowska

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2010-06-23

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1847694004

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This book addresses specific learning difficulties in reading and spelling – developmental dyslexia. Set in the cross-linguistic context, it presents issues surrounding dyslexia from the perspective of a foreign language teacher. It is intended to serve as a reference book for those involved in foreign language teaching, including experienced in-service teachers and novice teachers, as well as teacher trainers and trainees. It offers an up-to-date and reader-friendly study of the mechanisms of dyslexia and an overview of the current research on the disorder, in theoretical and practical terms. Its aim is to help teachers tackle one of the many challenges they face in the modern classroom: the organization of an effective foreign language teaching process for students with dyslexia.

International Perspectives on Diversity in ELT
International Perspectives on Diversity in ELT

Author: Darío Luis Banegas

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-07-14

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 3030749819

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This edited book provides professionals in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT) with a situated and culturally-responsive account of diversity and inclusion in English language education, from primary to higher education and in a wide range of settings. The volume focuses on three overlapping areas: interculturality, special education needs, and gender. The chapters in each section seek to help readers reflect on the opportunities and challenges of diversity as a step towards inclusive practices, and raise awareness of critical topics across the curriculum and beyond by engaging in wider social issues. This book will be of interest to language teachers and teacher trainers, as well as scholars working in applied linguistics, higher education, intercultural studies, and related fields.

English in Non-English-Speaking Countries
English in Non-English-Speaking Countries

Author: Marjana Vaneva

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2022-04-13

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1527581152

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Living in a modern world, and being surrounded by the newest advances in technology, today’s English language teachers see the process of learning English as completely different compared to when they learnt it themselves. In addition, linguists today proudly witness the different usage of the language that portrays the playful nature of English, supported by its creative speakers and users. This book presents a collection of English language teachers’ practices and challenges of teaching English to their non-native English students, in which they portray their perceptions of the teaching-learning process. These experiences will provide the reader with a perspective on what contemporary teaching of this language in a non-English-speaking country looks like. As such, this collection will serve as a guidebook for new scholars in the field.

Psycholinguistic Dynamics and Educational Inclusion for Children and Adolescents
Psycholinguistic Dynamics and Educational Inclusion for Children and Adolescents

Author: Katsarou, Dimitra

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2024-09-12

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13:

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The relationship between psycholinguistic methods and educational inclusion plays a pivotal role in the learning experiences of children and adolescents. Understanding how language development and cognitive processes converge provides crucial insights for diverse educational needs and equitable learning environments. Effective educational inclusion accommodates the diverse linguistic and cognitive needs of students, ensuring that all learners have the support they require to succeed. It is essential to embrace inclusive practices that recognize and address the unique psycholinguistic needs of every student to ensure every child and adolescent has the opportunity to thrive academically. Psycholinguistic Dynamics and Educational Inclusion for Children and Adolescents explores the effects of psycholinguistic techniques on childhood education diversity and inclusion. It further illuminates the positive impact of diverse linguistic and language education methods for children and adolescents with speech and language disorders, reading disabilities, or hearing difficulties. This book covers topics such as language development, play therapy, and sign language, and is a useful resource for psychologists, educators, teachers, linguists, sociologists, academicians, scientists, and researchers.

Facing Diversity in Child Foreign Language Education
Facing Diversity in Child Foreign Language Education

Author: Joanna Rokita-Jaśkow

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-04-29

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 3030660222

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This edited book uses the concept of diversity in child foreign language education as a major organizing principle. Since a foreign language, most typically English, is taught globally to an increasing number of children, the variability in the process and varied learning outcomes are inescapable phenomena. This book has been constructed on the premise that heterogeneity, first, concerns young language learners, who due to the disparity in the pace of development need appropriately tailored educational solutions, and, second, it refers to a diversity of contexts in which learning takes place. The contexts can be defined on a macroscale (e.g. different countries), mesoscale (e.g. different institutions), and microscale (e.g. specific learner groups). The book consists of four thematic strands. In Part One the learner-internal causes of heterogeneity of young language learners are clarified. Part Two presents a sample of classroom studies in which learner variables, such as gender, learner preferences, and special needs are taken into account. Part Three looks at teaching materials and how they meet learners’ needs. Finally, Part Four highlights diversity issues that teachers should be prepared to face.

The 11th International Conference on EUropean Transnational Educational (ICEUTE 2020)
The 11th International Conference on EUropean Transnational Educational (ICEUTE 2020)

Author: Álvaro Herrero

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-08-14

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 3030577996

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This book contains accepted papers presented at ICEUTE 2020 held in the beautiful and historic city of Burgos (Spain), in September 2020. The 11th International Conference on EUropean Transnational Education (ICEUTE 2020) has been a meeting point for people working on transnational education within Europe. It has provided a stimulating and fruitful forum for presenting and discussing the latest works and advances on transnational education within European countries. After a thorough peer-review process, the ICEUTE 2020 International Program Committee selected 44 papers which are published in these conference proceedings achieving an acceptance rate of 41%. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the ICEUTE 2020 edition was blended, combining on-site and on-line participation. In this relevant edition, a special emphasis was put on the organization of five special sessions related to relevant topics as Role of English in Transnational Education and Teacher Training, Personalization and ICT: a Path to Educational Inclusion, Innovation and Research Findings in Engineering Higher Education, Practical Implementations of Novel Initiatives, and Innovation in Computer Science Higher Education. The selection of papers was extremely rigorous in order to maintain the high quality of the conference, and we would like to thank the members of the Program Committees for their hard work in the reviewing process. This is a crucial process to the creation of a high standard conference, and the ICEUTE conference would not exist without their help.

Language Assessment for Classroom Teachers
Language Assessment for Classroom Teachers

Author: Lyle Bachman

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018-01-25

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0194218368

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This book provides teachers with an entirely new approach to developing and using classroom-based language assessments. This approach is based on current theory and practice in the field of language assessment and on an understanding of the assessment needs of classroom teachers. The following key questions are addressed: • Why do I need to assess? What beneficial consequences do I want to help bring about? How can my assessments help my students learn better and help me improve my teaching? • When and how often do I need to assess? What decisions do I need to make to help bring about these beneficial consequences? • What do I need to assess? How can I define the abilities that I want to assess? • How can I assess my students? What kinds of assessment tasks should I create? How can I score my students’ responses to these tasks? The authors guide the reader step-by-step through the process of developing and using classroom-based assessments with clear explanations and definitions of key terms, illustrative examples, and activities for applying the approach in practice. Extra resources are available on the website: www.oup.com/elt/teacher/lact Lyle Bachman is Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He serves as a consultant in language testing research projects and in developing language assessments for universities and government agencies around the world, and he conducts courses and training workshops in language assessment. Barbara Damböck was Director of Studies of the English Department at the Teacher Training Academy in Dillingen, Germany, from 2003 to 2011. From 2003 to 2017 she supervised the training of oral examiners for the certification examination for elementary school English teachers in Bavaria. She has extensive experience as a classroom teacher, teacher trainer, and teacher of teacher trainers. She conducts courses and workshops for teachers and teacher trainers around the world.