Nagasaki JALT:

Dyslexia and the Language Classroom

Date: Sunday, November 18th, 2012 Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Speaker: Seigo Yamada (Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science), Mark Tiedeman (Nagasaki University of Foreign Languages)

Description:
Seigo Yamada and Mark Tiedemann's talk aims to familiarize language teachers with dyslexia and its effects in the classroom. Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin and affects 10-20 per cent of the population. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition (decoding) and by poor spelling (encoding). These difficulties typically result in problems with reading comprehension that can impede growth of vocabulary and background knowledge.

Organization: Nagasaki Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Nagasaki JALT)

Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: 1,000 yen

Venue: Dejima Koryu Kaikan, 2-11 Dejimamachi, Nagasaki map

Location: Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

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