Offering strategies and techniques for teaching modern foreign languages - an often severely challenging subject for pupils with dyslexia - this book is specifically designed to meet the needs of the busy subject specialist teacher looking for guidance on supporting pupils. The book examines alternative approaches to teaching modern languages and introduces useful teaching materials and software. A list of references to resources and organisations offer the reader furrther assistance. While the book focuses on foreign language learning and teaching at the secondary level, ideas are provided on how to adapt the strategies for both younger and older foreign language learners with dyslexia. The book can be used effectively as a professional text for in-service and pre-service foreign language teachers as well as support staff.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Understanding dyslexia; Profiles of students with dyslexia; Research support; Accessing the foreign language curriculum; Effective teaching principles and strategies; Helping students with dyslexia become independent successful learners; The role of metacognition; Making foreign language learning fun; Technology; Achieving and recording success; Conclusions.

About the Author

Margaret Crombie works in the field of special educational needs and has researched the learning of modern foreign languages in school. Elke Schneider conducts research and teacher training in native foreign language acquisition in the USA and Europe.