[SENco-forum] Possible dyslexia

I agree with you about mapping sounds to letters, but why complicate it  with 'blends'?  Why not just teach them to blend all through the  word? Then theyl'll be able to deal with any grapheme in any position.

  Maggie

SEN at tringham.net wrote:  

A recent report showed that English students with SpLD were poor at learning
languages because it didn't start by mapping sounds to letters and building
on that.  The students felt they were constantly at sea. Most will be able
to understand individual letter sounds but then need work on blends or
'clumps'.  Work through a good SpLD programme with lots of fun and games
anyway - no harm done.

Sharon Tringham

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[mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk]On Behalf Of Amanda
Sent: 07 October 2006 17:36
To: senco-forum
Subject: [senco-forum] Possible dyslexia

Hello everyone

  Anyone got any experience of testing then working with someone with some
sort of language difficulty whose first language is not English.  I've done
the Dyslexia Screening Test but all it shows, of course, is that there is a
problem in English and I suspect that he has learning difficulties as well.

  We don't get many students who do not have English as a first language -
this is only the fourth in eighteen years!  I'd appreciate some advice from
those who know much more about this than me.

  Amanda

Amanda
Secondary SENCO
Cornwall

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