[SENco-forum] Reading

I always have this same thought about deaf people. Many read without ever

My understanding of deaf reading is that when they read a word it is done
with reference to the muscle movements in signing.  I have a reference
somewhere and will see if I can trace it amongst the haystack.  The brain is
indeed very flexible and yes the learner needs to know that he / she can
learn so sometimes a little 'engineering' is fine.

Philip EP
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To: "Clare North" <clare at clarenorth.co.uk>; "Becta Senco"
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Subject: RE: [SENco-forum] Reading - Working Memory

> I always have this same thought about deaf people.  Many read without ever
> having heard sound.  Theoretical stuff about how we learn to read is
great,
> but the brain is more flexible than we seem able to explain.  The trick as
> ever is to recognise when the route to learning is blocked and use
another.
> My favourite example is the boy with dyslexia learning to read using
Braille
> in the film 'Anya's Bell'. It may not appear to be the most practical
option
> but it restored his confidence in his ability to learn.  We need to be
> flexible to support successful learning.
> Sharon
>
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> To: 'Mary Kelly'; 'Maggie Downie'; senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
> Subject: RE: [senco-forum] Reading - Working Memory
>
>
> So what about the pupils who can't make the right muscle movements - there
> must be a representation of the sounds in their heads. For some pupils,
the
> sounds are purely an internal representation. - just a thought - I'm not
> disagreeing with anything!
>
> Clare
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