Language Deficient Learner

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Language Deficient Learner
EDU 3201

• DYSLEXIA

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• Introdution
• Dyslexia
• Definition of Dyslexia
• What Is Dyslexia
• How Dyslexia is diagnosed
• What are some of the characteristics of Dyslexia
• What factors contribute to Dyslexia
• How Dyslexia happens
• How Dyslexia develops during childhood
• Symptoms of Dyslexia
• Psychological Effects
• Solutions to Dyslexia
• Conclusions
• Philosophical Thoughts

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INTRODUCTION
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• I believe that language is one of Gods most
  important, gifts to man, and all of human
  characteristics. Language is the most distirictly
  human and the most basic.

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Dyslexia
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• One of the most prevalent language deficient
  learner is known as dyslexia.
• Thus a person who, is impaired in language leads
  miserable and unsuccessful.
• The following slides will give an overview of
  dyslexia.
• Including, what is dyslexia, characteristics of
  dyslexia and supportive issues which will and the
  dyslexics dilemma

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Definition of Dyslexia
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• Dyslexia is a development disorder marked by
  difficulty in learning to read despite adequate
  intelligence, conventional instruction and
  sociocultural, opportunity. This means, a
  dyslexia is a person who is severely below their
  expected reading level based upon their overall
  intelligence. This person has received a normal
  education yet still falls below expectation.

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What is Dyslexia
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• May have all or part of this signs

• Delay in learning how to tie shoes
• Left/ right confusions
• Slow reader/ below
• Loses reading place
• Mixing the order of letters/ number
• Difficulty finding appropriate words
• Difficulty learning the alphabet
• Hesitant in speech
• Low self- esteem due to past frustrations
• Cant manage words

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How Dyslexia is diagnosed
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• By parents or teachers that a problem in reading
  exist
• By a physician
• By a psycho educational diagnosis
• By a diagnosticians who will employ a battery of
  assessment instruments

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The characteristics of dyslexia
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• Family history of reading problems
• An average or above average IQ and, not
  uncommonly, a proficiency in math.
• No enjoyment of reading as a leisure activity
• Problems of letter word reversal
• Developmental history of problems in coordination
  left/ right dominance
• Poor visual memory for language symbols
• Auditory language difficulties in word finding,
  fluency, meaning or sequence
• Difficulty transferring information from what is
  heard to what is seen vice versa

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What factors contribute to dyslexia
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• Ocular Problems
• Such parameters as visual acuity, stereo acuity
  ocular alignment and mobility, fusion status and
  refractive error

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• Language Problems
• An auditory language disorder that prevents the
  individual from linking the spoken form of a
  word.

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• Visual- Spatial- Motor Problems
• Interferes with sequential organization,
  scanning, and the perception of temporal and
  spatial cues.

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How Dyslexia Happens
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• It is a product of a special mode of thought a
  natural reaction to confusion.
• Perceive better formulate mental concepts
  faster than other people.
• Perceive imagination as reality. It is the
  foundation of genius, it is a nonverbal mode of
  thinking, which causes difficulty in learning
  written language

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How Dyslexia develops during childhood
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• A potential dyslexic child discovers how to
  mentally fill in fragmentary perceptions. This
  imaginative talent may later produce dyslexia.
• A child uses his/ her to recognize objects in the
  environment and to develop artistic and
  kinesthetic talent. The child becomes a visual
  and conceptual thinker.
• The child suspects something is wrong. The
  teacher, other kids, school administration
  eventually the parents gets upset with the child
  and now we will see behavior problems.
• At the age eight or nine, the child invents
  tricks like rote memorization, avoidance
  reliance on others for reading writing skill
• The childs self- esteem suffers
• After school years the dyslexic overcome or
  circumvent the handicap of being functionally
  illiterate.
• As an adult the inability to read write is a
  shameful secret. He/ she becomes secretive
  hostile.

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Symptoms of Dyslexia
Symptoms of Dyslexia
Lists of Symptoms

• a) Miles ( 1974 ) quoted by Thomson

• b) Documentary on dyslexia by Innovation

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Symptoms of Dyslexia
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• Quoted by Thomson
• Discrepancy between intellectual level
  performances in spelling.
• Bizarre of b and d
• Difficulty in distinguishing between left and
  right.
• Difficulty in repeating digits in reverse order.
• Inability to do memorizing tables
• Losing the place when reciting tables
• A history of clumsiness late walking or late
  talking.

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• Quoted by Innovation
• letters will appear to dance
• Forget sequence of letters
• Reverse words
• Insert/ delete words
• Reversal of b and d
• Respond to words impulsively
• Leave endings off words.

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Psychological Effects

• A dyslexic is often confused about himself

• Leads to anxiety

• Intelligent but he cant pass the exam

2 emotional responses

• Under reaction

• Over reaction

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2 emotional responses

• Under reaction

• Over reaction

• They withdraw
• Need considerable encouragement to do a task
• Need considerable approval and support to perform
  a task
• Constant correction
• ( develops a low self esteem )
• ( reversing their maturity level to infantile
  habits )
• Considers himself a failure worthless

• Opposite of the outward action
• Try to cover their inability by being successful
  in other areas.
• Success in the form of being the class clown or
  bully.
• End up resenting authority

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• Developmental
• Approach

Solutions to Dyslexia ( 3 )
b) Corrective Approach
c) Remedial Approach
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Developmental Approach

• Intensifies normal learning
• More individual attention
• Slowing down the class so that it will be easier
  for the child to learn.
• The class is made up of children with similar
  learning disorders.

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Corrective Approach

• Focuses on strengths and abilities increase the
  childs hope and self- esteem.

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Remedial Approach

• Similar to developments approach
• Focuses heavily on the deficiencies of dyslexia
• Requires 1 1 ratio
• ( student teacher )

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Conclusions

• Occurs in 15 of the population.
• Due to some neurological dysfunction of the brain
• A variety of symptoms can be overcome by special
  education.
• should get proper diagnosing explanation
• No cure but ways of dealing the obstacles of
  dyslexia
• Not a disease
• It is a disorder
• Can be conquered with patience determination.

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• We have proven records that dyslexia had been
  conquered by dyslexics and they had achieved
  beyond their expectations imaginations in their
  lives.
• To name a few are

• Walt Disney
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Jackie Stewart
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Albert Einstein

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• Philosophical thoughts
• What we live with we learn,
• and what we learn
• we practice, and what we
• practice, we become
• and what we become
• has consequences
• AND almost always, I have
• found, who we become
• has little to do with who
• we meant to be

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THANK YOU

• We have become more learned teachers. We
  believe, after this assignment, we will do a
  better job in our schools. To this we thank our
  lecturer

Dr. Ghazali Mustapha.