Dyslexia and Foreign Language Teaching

Discover teaching strategies to help dyslexic students learn languages

Dyslexia affects 10-15% of the population. Dyslexic students often experience challenges in language learning and are often exempted from the study of additional languages.

On this self-study course, you’ll discover the most up-to-date definitions of dyslexia and other specific learning differences, and how they affect a student’s ability to learn additional languages. You’ll explore the latest strategies for teaching dyslexic students and and have access to a host of inclusive teaching resources.

The materials and tasks in the course are designed to also be applicable to a variety of language learning contexts, including teaching English as an additional language.

This self-paced course is designed for professional language teachers, secondary school teachers, undergraduates, postgraduates and anyone with an interest in dyslexia and language learning.

It offers you practical tools, as well as theoretical insights, to best accommodate and meet the needs of students with dyslexia.

• What is dyslexia?
• Welcome
• Getting started
• Dyslexia and specific learning differences
• Test your knowledge
• Summing up
• Extra resources
• Dyslexia and learning an additional language
• Introduction
• Dyslexia and additional languages
• Making adjustments
• Multisensory structured learning
• Test your knowledge
• Summing up and Extra Resources
• Teaching vocabulary and grammar to students with dyslexia
• Introduction
• Vocabulary and grammar
• Summing up and Extra Resources
• Developing phonological and orthographic awareness and reading skills
• Introduction
• Phonological and orthographic awareness
• Developing reading skills
• Summing up
• Farewell
• Extra resources