Language learners with special needs : an international perspective por Judit Kormos, Edit H. Kontra

Contiene bibliografía.

Introduction - Judit Kormos and Edit H. Kontra1. L1 and L2 Literacy, Aptitude, and Affective Variables as Discriminators among High- and Low-achieving L2 Learners with Special Needs - Richard L. Sparks, Leonore Ganschow and Jon Patton2. Writing Abilities in First and Second Language Learners with and without Reading Disabilities - Katherine Ndlovu and Esther Geva3. Second Language Assessment in Dyslexia: Principles and Practice - Turid Helland4. Input, Processing and Output Anxiety in Students with Symptoms of Developmental Dyslexia - Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel5. Vocabulary Learning in Dyslexia - The Case of a Hungarian Learner - Agnes Sarkadi6. An Experiment with Direct Multisensory Instruction in Teaching Word Reading and Spelling to Polish Dyslexic Learners of English - Joanna Nijakowska7. Deaf EFL Learners Outside the School System - Agnes Bajko and Edit H. Kontra8. Hungarian Teachers' Perceptions of Dyslexic Language Learners - Judit Kormos and Edit H. Kontra9. Teachers' and Trainers' Perceptions of Inclusive Education within TEFL Certificate Courses in Britain - Anne Margaret Smith

Providing an overview of topics related to the language learning processes of learners with special needs including students with learning disabilities as well as deaf language learners and methods of teaching foreign languages to them, this book also discusses individual learner characteristics and profiles.