Teaching Languages to Students With Specific Learning Differences

Kormos (linguistics and English language, Lancaster U., UK) and Smith, a tutor and assessor for students with specific learning differences (SpLDs), help language teachers working with students who have learning differences like dyslexia, dyscalculia, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, and Asperger's syndrome in foreign language classrooms, or students from different language backgrounds learning the language of a country where they reside. They address the cognitive and emotional aspects of language learning; identifying difficulties and disclosing assessment results; accommodating differences through the classroom environment, curriculum, communication, classroom management, and development of learning skills; multi-sensory teaching techniques; assessment; and transition and progression to the next level of education or the workplace. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Judit Kormos is a senior lecturer at the Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University. She is the editor of the volume Language Learners with Special Needs: An International Perspective. She was the principal investigator of a research and teacher training project on the language learning processes of dyslexic and Deaf learners in Hungary.

Anne Margaret Smith is a specialist tutor and assessor for students with SpLDs. Her research interests include the assessment of cognitive functioning in multilingual learners. Her company ELT well offers advice and training for teachers and assessors who want to explore the overlap between language learning and SpLDs.