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Subject: Dyslexia and English as a Second Language


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Mary (Slowly becoming enlightened!)
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Date Posted: 04:23:29 10/17/10 Sun

Hi - my great nephew came to live with us when he was 5 years old. He did not speak English. To begin with I thought his difficulties with phonic recognition, pronunciation and reading were to do with his not speaking English as his first language. Phonics in his own language (Shona) is different, obviously from English phonics. Only in the last few months have I begun to realise that he is dyslexic and a recent hearing test as well as being tested by an educational psychologist has confirmed this. It has taken me 7 years to realise this and I feel rather guilty that I did not pick this up earlier and get him assistance at an earlier age. Has anyone else experienced this confusion between dyslexia and second language learning? If so, at what stage did you realise that the child was dyslexic?

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Re: Dyslexia and English as a Second LanguageKeith20:08:20 11/14/10 Sun


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