Teaching Languages to Students With Specific Learning Differences

This is a comprehensive resource for new language teachers and experienced professionals who wish to enhance their knowledge of working with students who have a Specifi c Learning Difference such as dyslexia. It can be used as a core text, forming the basis of a course, or as supplementary reading to extend existing courses.

Judit Kormos is a senior lecturer at the Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University. She is the editor of the volume 'Language Learners with Special Needs: An International Perspective¿. She was the principal investigator of a research and teacher training project on the language learning processes of dyslexic and Deaf learners in Hungary. Anne Margaret Smith is a specialist tutor and assessor for students with SpLDs. Her research interests include the assessment of cognitive functioning in multilingual learners. Her company ELT well offers advice and training for teachers and assessors who want to explore the overlap between language learning and SpLDs.