03/9/2011:
"Yes, I agree"
02/24/2011:
"test test test "
02/14/2011:
"I teach English as a foreign Language and I taught dyslexic students for
over 10 years. All of them have acquired the language successfully. They
have learnt to compensate their weaknesses with their strenghts and have
been able to sit for their exams at school. It takes determination and
confidence and time but it pays off. What is necessary is to train all
teachers on how to deal with students with learning disabilities and adapt
activities and exams according to their needs."
01/24/2011:
"I have a dyslexic 3rd grader and we had to pull her out of Chinese
immersion -- too much! But I'm happy to see that it may be possible for
her to return to Chinese when she's a little older!"
01/18/2011:
"My sophomore dyslexic son just finished his first semester of Chinese with
an A. It is a small class size with a dynamic teacher. It's been fun for
him to learn something out of his comfort zone. "
01/18/2011:
"As parents, we can't sell our kids short. My son has dyslexia and is
currently attending a public foreign language academy high school. He is
in his second year of Japanese and first year of Mandarin. He was very
excited the first day when he learned that the symbol represents the word
and the sounds never change. It hasn't all been easy, but he will be
better for having the experience. "
01/18/2011:
"We had similiar experience with our high school son who happens to be
dyslexic. He as able to get through 3 years of Spanish. He does have
phonemic awareness issues but does better with speaking than writing --
and forget spelling.
"
01/18/2011:
"My child took French last year and spells as atrociously in French as she
does in English. She excelled in every other aspect but because spelling
is so important in her school's language classes, she changed to Chinese
this year and is excelling, even in 'spelling'."
01/18/2011:
"Both my kids have documented dyslexia and both wanted to try spanish and
finished three years apiece successfully. It an be done if the school
allows them to try."
01/18/2011:
"American Sign Language (ASL) was the foreign language my LD son learned at
the local community college prior to his HS graduation, to fulfill the
University of California's language requirement. ASL has also come in
handy in my son's volunteering at California's summer Youth Leadership
Program for Students with Disabilities, as it enables him to speak with
deaf students, something that few others who are not actively part of the
deaf community can do."
01/18/2011:
"No, I disagree. I have two children with diagnosed dyslexia, one who has
what is sometimes called 'double dyslexia' (problems with both phonemic
awareness and sight word recognition). Both children, once they learned to
read fluently in English (which is another story in itself), took Spanish
at the middle school and 1 now at the high school level. They received A's
and B's. Spanish is considered a 'transparent' language in that there is a
very close connection between the letter symbol and the sound (unlike
English and French for example)One of my children is now taking Mandarin.
Mandarin is not a phonemic language at all, it doesn't even have an
alphabet. The strengths of some dyslexics is remember visual details, this
has come in handy in remember the 'character recognition' that is key for
Chinese. Do not give up hope, it is very possible."
01/18/2011:
"Thank goodness for American Sign Language! I have my students take it at
local community colleges. The greatest benefit is my students receive both
high school and college credit. ASL also skirts around all the weaknesses
of a language based learning disability. So, my kids learn a language,
aren't frustrated, all have been successful, and love being able to talk
to each other without making a sound!"
