putting together the puzzle of our program

Putting together the puzzle of our program

 The main aim of our program is to give you the tools to become better teachers of students with learning difficulties 

How does the program do this?  

• By providing the knowledge of the sources of learning difficulties

• The ways they can be assessed 

• The teaching strategies that can assist the LD child reach his/her potential in EAL acquisition 

Introduction to Learning 

disabilities (LesleyLesley)

Psycholinguistic and cognitive theoretical underpinnings

Introduction to Learning Disabilities

• gain insight into the nature of learning disabilities

• understand the learning disabled child

• understand the difficulties of acquisition of a FL for the child with learning disabilities LesleyLesley

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Implications in the classroom for foreign language learning : 2

• ADD ADHD and Executive Functioning

• Cognitive dysfunctions (working

memory and information processing)and their effect on the different

components of language acquisitionLesleyLesley

Introduction to Learning 

disabilities (LesleyLesley)

First and second language disorders 

(OfraOfra)

Psycholinguistic and cognitive theoretical underpinnings

Language disorders

• To refresh your memory of linguistic concepts

• To present normal development of L1 and L2

• To explain what can go wrong in the process and why

• to explain difficulties that are specific to English

OfraOfra

Foreign language acquisition in LD children

• To discuss L1/l2 relationship

• To focus specifically on difficulties in L2 literacy acquisition

• To discuss the problems of the English orthography

OfraOfra

Introduction to Learning 

disabilities (LesleyLesley)

First and second language disorders 

(OfraOfra)

Vocabulary acquisition (ElishevaElisheva)

Psycholinguistic and cognitive theoretical underpinnings

Introduction to Learning 

disabilities (LesleyLesley)

First and second language disorders 

(OfraOfra)

Instrumental enrichment (RobaRoba)

Vocabulary acquisition (ElishevaElisheva)

Psycholinguistic and cognitive theoretical underpinnings

קורס העשרה אינסטרומנטלית

הקורס יעסוק בתיאוריה של "כושר ההשתנות •

הקוגניטיבית המבנית"יציג ראייה שונה לתלמיד "עם לקות"•יציג שיטות איתור וטיפול ייחודיות בעזרת •

"האבחון הדינאמי" וכלי "ההעשרה

האינסטרומנטאלית"יציג אפשרויות ליישומים בתחום השפה •

רובארובא

Assessment tools for building intervention programs (Janina)

Assessment

Assessment as a means for building an intervention EAL program

• Tools for assessing components of the English language. 

• Analyses of student performance on the various subtests.

• Provides a basis for designing intervention programs.

• Pre- - post- testing facilitates measuring intervention progress  (JaninaJanina)

Strategies for teaching English to children with learning disabilities (Naomi) 

Intervention

Strategies for Teaching Children with LD

• Explicit, Multisensory , Intervention Programme

• Strategies to improve the reading and comprehension of the “non reader.”

Remember :Remember :Since literacy is not a virus it should be taught, Since literacy is not a virus it should be taught, not caught. not caught. (Center, 2005)(Center, 2005) NaomiNaomi

The computer as a tool for remediation (Ehud)

Technology as a means for implementation

The Computer as a Tool for Remediation

Basic templates of LD computer games

Analyzing diagnostic data for designing games

LD-friendly designing criteria

How to adjust the computer interface for LD students?

EhudEhud

Practical instruction and a workshop: Putting theory into practice (Stephanie)

Mediation between theory and practice

Practical Instruction:Putting Theory into Practice 

Stephanie Fuchs

• Multisensory Differential Teaching (MDT)•  Teaching EAL to children with LD in different settings

•  Putting theory into practice using knowledge from all courses

•  Assessing, planning, creating materials•  Teaching, reflecting and supporting others

The Puzzle of our Program

Psycholinguistic and cognitive

theoretical underpinnings

Intervention

Assessment

Technology as a means for

implementation

Mediation between theory

and practice