[senco-forum] Why do Italians with dyslexia have an inbuilt advantage compared with English children?

Hi, 
I suspect that the sounds in English would be more
difficult for those with  difficulty processing sound
(i.e those who have APD):

1.because they are unable to cope with the fact that: 
"a" even sounds like "a" as in bat - to them it may
sound like "e" one day/minute even or "i" another -
this is because their processing is intermittent and
random... this is why phonics does not help in many
cases because they don't process what a sound actually
sounds like to everyone else

2. if you get them them to understand "a" sounds like
"a" as in bat, then saying that "a" also sounds like
"a" as in cake is confusing the issue greatly as they
may process that as something entirely different on
different occasions.

This could be why those with what is currently known
as "dyslexia" caused by APD might spell words
differently every time, simply because that is the way
it sounds to them at that time!! Or because they 
recognise the sounds correspondence to letter as
sounding different every time.

A child with APD cannot efficiently process sound...
to effectively change the rules once they have learned
them causes immeasurable difficulty. At least with a
language with constant rules they would have more of a
fighting chance!

Best wishes,
Aly

Chair Auditory Processing Disorder in the UK/APDUK
www.lacewingmultimedia.com/APD.htm 
www.apduk.org

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