Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Children with Dyslexia

Bc. Ivana Beranová

Bakalářská práce

Abstract:

BERANOVÁ, Ivana. Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Children with Dyslexia: Bachelor Degree Thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Education Department of English Language and Literature, 2006. 43 pp. Vedoucí bakalářské práce: Dr. Rita Collins, Ed.D. Bachelor Degree Thesis Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Children with Dyslexia deals with teaching English to children at the basic school level with dyslexia. The introductory part is theoretical, where I explain the definition of specific learning disabilities, dyslexia, other definitions which are connected with dyslexia, Waldorf pedagogy and the methods which can be used in teaching English. I describe the Waldorf School in Pardubice, where some children with dyslexia and other specific learning disabilities are and I evaluate English teaching methods for these children in the practical part. The intention of this part is suggestion of appropriate activities, which I use in practice and the evaluation of their effectiveness for children with dyslexia at a Waldorf School.

Keywords

Keywords, specific learning disabilities, dyslexia, Waldorf pedagogy, appropriate activities, children with dyslexia

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 12. 9. 2006

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 12. 9. 2006
• Vedoucí: Dr. Rita Chalmers Collins

Masarykova univerzita

Pedagogická fakulta

Bakalářský studijní program / obor:
Učitelství pro základní školy / Učitelství cizích jazyků pro základní školy - angličtina