CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

DYSLEXIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Does dyslexia occur only in English speakers?
A
Yes
B
No
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dyslexia is a common learning difference. It exists all over the world, in all languages. But even though the difficulties are largely the same in each language, kids who are bilingual and have dyslexia face a special set of challenges.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some languages may be more problematic for dyslexic learners. Languages such as French and English are less transparent than other languages. This means that the sounds of the language don’t match clearly to letter combinations and there are more irregularities in pronunciation and spelling.

Detailed explanation-3: -“Dyslexia is a major problem in English-speaking countries and is much less a problem in Italian and [Spanish-speaking] countries.

Detailed explanation-4: -How well those sounds match the letters and letter combinations. For example, French, Danish and even English languages can be hard for dyslexics students while Spanish, German and Italian languages may be easier.

Detailed explanation-5: -Accordingly, a dyslexic can face problems with languages that have a higher set of phonemes-such as English. But, may not face reasonable challenges in another language-that is phonetically easy. With these inferences, there can be a chance that a person can be Dyslexic in one language and not in another.

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