Dyslexic Characteristics

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DYSLEXIA:DYSLEXIC CHARACTERISTICS


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“They are seen as stupid and

lazy in our society,” lamentsSariah Amirin, president of the

Dyslexia Association of

Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur.


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Dyslexia

"a disorder in children who, despiteconventional classroom experience, fail toattain the language skills of reading, writing,

and spelling commensurate with theirintellectual abilities." (World ederation of!eurologists, #$%&

'Dyslexia is a learning disability that canhinder a persons ability to read, write, spell,and sometimes speak) (*.+. !ational

nstitutes of -ealth&


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Dyslexia

Dyslexia does not a0ect one1scognitive ability

t related to the brain1s way ofreceiving information (images&

t maybe because of brain in2ury,heredity or hormonal in3uence

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Dyslexic characteristics

Pupils with dyslexia have: Di4culty in learning to read

+how depression during reading -ave low self5esteem 6void reading aloud in class

*nmotivated in class +kip school


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Signs and Sypt!s !" Dyslexia inChild#en

6 late talker

7oor reading progress

7ronunciation problems

Di4culty rhyming words mpaired ability to learn basics such as the alphabet,

colors, and numbers

7roblems with handwriting and other 8ne motor skills

9onfusing letters such as "b" and "d" or the orders ofletters within words

:rouble learning the connection between letters andtheir sounds (e.g 'hopsital) for 'hospital)&.


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Di4culty in carrying out more than oneinstruction at a time.

Di4culty remembering anything in se;uential

order (e.g days of the week< multiplicationtables&.=xcessive tiredness due to amount of e0ortre;uired for very little result


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9auses of Dyslexia

>esearchers have found that dyslexia iscaused by a di0erence in the way thedyslexic brain processes information.

=xperts do not know precisely what causesdyslexia, but several recent studies nowindicate that genetics plays a ma2or role.

f you or your partner has dyslexia, you aremore likely to have children with dyslexia.


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-ow teacher can help dyslexic pupils?

:eacher can teach them to read withthe help of 7ictures

>ecording tape @ive more time for a task >eading aloud (the teacher reads for the

pupils to help them memoriAe thereading text&

:eachers should emphasiAe on student5centred and teaching should involvecreativity.


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What dyslexics are good at?

Dyslexic students tend to be good atunderstanding

three5dimensional ob2ects

spatial reasoning

things they can see in pictures.

drawing


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What are the problems that dyslexicsface?

:hey have problems with symbols, sotheir math problems often stem fromdi4culty with the symbolic

representation of math concepts. :hey also have problems thinking with

words, so rote memory of math sums(such as multiplication tables& is verydi4cult.

:hey are often called as 'stupid) and'slow learner) by the society.

7arent1s involvement is crucial.


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Dyslexia Ass!$iati!n !" %alaysia has conducted acomprehensive assessment which is not done ingovernment schools and treat the problems a0ectingdyslexics such as they manage (to read, write and count&,

they can follow the lessons at schools without di4culties. :here are C centres nationwide for providing intensivetraining in ahasa Ealaysia, =nglish and Eathematics. :he association also makes a conscious e0ort to raisepublic awareness of dyslexia via talks at schools and

counselling services besides welcoming special educationteachers who wish to train at the centre


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