My grandmother always told me that she wished I wasn’t born in America because English is such a hard language. Thus I always thought dyslexia did not exist in other countries. So this episode we will be discussing if dyslexia affects people who speak different languages and why?

Guest:

Fran Linley has worked as a Learning Specialist for eight years and taught in Special Education for ten years.  She earned her Bachelors in Child Advocacy from Davidson College and her Masters in English Education from Kings College London.  She has taught multiple populations of students across ages, cultures, and subjects of all varying needs.  She is now in her fifth year as the Middle School Learning Specialist at Harpeth Hall School.

Resources: 

• Goswami, Usha. "Typical Reading Development and Developmental Dyslexia across Languages." Human Behavior, Learning, and the Developing Brain: Atypical Development, edited by Donna Coch et al., Guilford Press, 2010, pp. 145-67.
• Shaywitz, Sally E., and Jonathan Shaywitz. Overcoming Dyslexia: A Major Update and Revision of the Essential Program for Reading Problems at Any Level, Incorporating the Latest Breakthroughs in Science, Educational Methods, Technology, and Legal Accommodations. 2nd ed., New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.