Dyslexia: Beating the Back-to-Front Battle
Reversing words, writing letters back to front, not being able to remember the sequence of letters in a word or sometimes reading from right to left — dyslexia is a frustrating and often embarrassing problem in our world of high-tech communications. But in the midst of differing theories of what it is, what causes it and how to overcome it, one man has a different opinion.
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Sentrum Maak Deurbraak met Leesprobleme. Kursus Bring Groot Verbetering
TWEE weke in die Julie-vakansie het 'n groot verskil gemaak in die lewe van Gerhard Niemand (10) van Pretoria. 'n Blitskursus vir kinders met leesprobleme wat hy in dié tyd bygewoon het, het sy leesvaardigheid van gr. 1-vlak tot st. 5-vlak opgeskuif. Daarby het sy leesbegrip ook met 20 persent verbeter.
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Dyslexia: New Treatment, New Hope
Why many intelligent children should suffer seeming 'word blindness' has baffled and frustrated parents and professionals in many fields throughout this century. Is there, at last, some light at the end of the tunnel? HILARY BASSETT investigates.
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Hope for Slow Readers
When last year teachers told Gail Lawson of Northdene that her daughter Jennifer's reading was "quite slow" for Class Two she didn't think much of it. But a few months later when she volunteered to become a "reading mother" at the school after being retrenched, she realised Jenny did have a real problem.
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Coming to Grips with Problems of Dyslexia
The problems of dyslexic people are little known and even less understood ― even by sufferers themselves. According to some educationalists, there is no such thing as dyslexia, but for many children and adults who despair of ever being able to read or write, the issue is very real indeed.
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Overcoming Dyslexia
Imagine not being able to read. Your academic career would not venture further than high school, seriously hampering your chances of ever working your way up in the world. You could never apply for a job without assistance, being incapable of filling in an application form. You couldn’t write to friends, read for pleasure or simply read road signs and maps on long journeys. In essence, you would be severely disabled in a reading world.
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Nie net kan Werner Louw (16) nou 163 woorde per minuut lees teenoor die 107 woorde wat hy in Maart gelees het nie. Sy leesvermoë kan nog voor einde vanjaar bo dié van 'n st. 8-leerling wees as hy sy kursus getrou volg.
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Disleksie: Nie Genoeg Opvoeding
ONVOLDOENDE opvoeding en onderrig is die oorsaak van disleksie en nie 'n wanfunksie in die brein nie, sê dr. Jan Strydom, 'n opvoedkundige van Pretoria... Hy beskou die veranderende omstandighede waarin kinders vandag grootword as een rede waarom disleksie toeneem. ''Kinders is passiewer as vroeër...
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New Hope through Audiblox
Dyslexia is a growing problem. There is no doubt that many children and many adults have difficulties in reading. Most people regard dyslexia as a learning problem or disability...
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Dyslexia Breakthrough
A program, which solves children’s spelling and reading problems has been devised by a Pretoria educationist, Dr Jan Strydom. Dr Strydom “completely by accident” stumbled on to this educational treatment which involves placing coloured blocks in various complicated sequences.
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