Teaching Literacy to Learners with Dyslexia: A Multisensory Approach [Paperback]

This bestselling book for teaching literacy to children and young people aged 4-16 years with dyslexia and other specific literacy difficulties has been fully updated for its fourth edition.

Providing a structured multisensory programme, ‘Conquering Literacy’, that includes placement tests, well-established strategies and examples of lesson planning, teaching activities, and reading, spelling and literacy concept cards, this book is an essential practical resource for teachers.

This new edition includes:

• 51 new activities (online) to support the delivery of the Accelerated Programme.

• A new chapter on co-occurring difficulties and the implications for teaching literacy using Conquering Literacy.

• Additional examples and case studies.

• New resources within the book itself, to support the teacher in delivering the lessons.

• A variety of structured reading materials to develop reading comprehension for students working at Stage 2 of the programme.

This bestselling text offers theoretical detail and depth alongside a programme of activities to implement in practice which can improve literacy levels and support children with dyslexia.

Part I: Teaching learners with dyslexia: Theory and context
Chapter 1: What is dyslexia?
Chapter 2: Dyslexia and co-occurring difficulties: Implications for teaching literacy to learners with dyslexia
Chapter 3: The role of memory in acquiring literacy skills
Chapter 4: Phonology, phonological awareness and literacy
Chapter 5: Reading, spelling and dyslexia: Theory and research
Chapter 6: Dyslexia and learners for whom English is an additional language
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