Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g1RJLpu03008; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 14:21:51 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 14:21:51 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20020227191915.57004.qmail@web14607.mail.yahoo.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Michelle Shuttlesworth <mshuttlesworth@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3907] Re: foreign lang. X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 1754 Lines: 41 > Second question ¯ > > A teacher came to me to ask for ideas and suggestions for > a student she has who is struggling; she suspects this > student, a recent immigrant from a country in Africa, has > learning disabilities. She often mispronounces words in > English, moving consonants around and confusing vowels > when either reading or speaking. Teacher suspects same > thing happens in native language but, of course, wouldn't > know. At any rate, this is making learning to write (and > spell) tough on the lady ¯ ideas? suggestions? Just a thought, but it may not be so much that she had this problem in her native language as that the letters sound different or some of the sounds in english are not used in her native language. Right now I am working with a man who has lots of pronunciation problems (as well as spelling problems) that mostly seem to stem from his very thick accent. Could it be the accent is getting in the way? I'm not so sure that I would jump at the label of learning disability for her though. How good is her basic speaking vocabulary? As for a suggestion, I've noticed with my student that various discrimination techniques seem to help him. Things like which word ends with a 'd':'slip' or 'slid'. Your friend could also try working on words that only have the vowel changed outside of a text situation. If she saw the words by themselves like 'had' and 'hid' she would be forced to notice the differences between them. With a number of those types of exercises, it should build her recognition of what vowel makes which sound. Just a thought. Michelle __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! http://greetings.yahoo.com
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