[senco-forum] [SENco-forum] dyslexia and a new book

From the review posted by Martin:

Chinese is whole word visual with up to 3 words per character and thus
reliant on context to some degree. It is not phonetic.

Probably why it uses different pathways and why students with SpLD often do
not show up until they start to learn English.

Sometimes if they have a visual and/or visual memory problem they struggle
with Chinese too and this is just put down to them being thick or lazy.
Wonder where I have heard that before.

Great strides are being make in SLD (their SpLD)identification and support.
Jumping from 1977 -1997 in one go and coming up behind us fast with a desire
to have one SLD trained teacher in each school.  I suppose I can dream!

Some courses have been run over the last 2 weeks by EMB (gov) in this area.
My cursive handwriting & some games being taught as a tiny part of one
session.

Sharon Tringham

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Subject: Re: [senco-forum] dyslexia and a new book

>From the review posted by Martin:

"But what that research reveals, fascinatingly, is that some dyslexic brains
are, like the Chinese brain, differently constructed from the normal western
reader’s. Instead of using left-hemisphere circuits for reading, these
dyslexic brains create new and less efficient circuits for reading in the
brain’s right hemisphere. Why, is not clear. It may be because the right
hemispheres of these brains were more dominant from the start, or possibly
because weaknesses in the left hemisphere forced the brain to develop
analogous areas in the right for reading. "

Look at the instructional history, says Stanovich.  I don't think that
neuroscientists do this, they are so hung up on the 'brain glitch' theory!
It might also be that  initial faulty instruction  led to the creation of
the 'less efficient circuits'.  I feel loth to read a book which does not
consider this possibility.

Maggie

Mmilesep at aol.com wrote: Whilst we are on the dyslexia train this looks like
an interesting book.
Anybody read it? I would guess that Philippa has

_http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non
-f
iction/article3485848.ece_
(http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non
-fiction/article3485848.ece)

Martin

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