Review article

DYSLEXIA AND DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Brankica Bošnjak Terzić ; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Dyslexia is defined as a specific reading and writing difficulty with an emphasis on the difficulties of coding and decoding. The paper states the difficulties that students with dyslexia have while learning a foreign language. The paper surveys research that has dealt with the influence of the mother tongue on learning a foreign language among students with diagnosed dyslexia, along with the impact of foreign language orthography when learning a foreign language. Orthographic transparency is defined as the predictability to pronounce a word in regard to its written form. The difference between transparent and non-transparent orthography is described and the influence of non-transparent orthography on foreign language learning is examined. Suggestions how to deal with dyslexic children are given at the end of the paper.

Keywords

dyslexia; foreign language reading; foreign language writing; orthography

Hrčak ID:

174077

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/174077

Publication date:

30.12.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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