Exploring pre-service and in-service teachers' perceptions about early foreign language learning and dyslexia

Milena Košak Babuder (Author), Saša Jazbec (Author)

Abstract

This contribution addresses Slovenian in-service and pre-service foreign language and general education teachers' awareness of dyslexia in the foreign language classroom. The authors examine and analyse the levels of familiarity with dyslexia among foreign language teachers and primary school teachers (in-service teachers) and foreign language students (pre-service teachers), their perceptiveness regarding the particularly demanding areas of language learning, and their willingness to engage in additional training to obtain the appropriate skills for teaching children with learning disabilities, particularly dyslexia. The results reveal noticeable differences in answers to individual research questions provided by the participants based on their profiles. The majority of participants stated that they were familiar with dyslexia from a theoretical point of view but also indicated that they were aware of the need to further improve their individual specialist-didactic knowledge and skills in order to give successful support to dyslexic pupils engaged in foreign language learning. The authors also predict the necessary extent of additional training measures in which foreign language teachers, primary school teachers, and foreign language students should engage.

Keywords

pouk tujega jezika;zgodnje učenje;disleksija;dislektični učenci;učitelji tujega jezika;razredni učitelji;empirične študije;ne zaključna dela;foreign language teaching;early learning;dislexy;dislexic pupils;foreign language teachers;pre-service teachers;in-service teachers;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2019
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UM FF - Faculty of Arts
Publisher:	Granada : Grupo Editorial Universitario
UDC:	37.015.31:81'233:376
COBISS:	25026056
ISSN:	1697-7467
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Secondary keywords:	Vzgoja in izobraževanje;Jeziki;Disleksija;Učitelji jezikov;
File type:	application/pdf
Type (COBISS):	Article
Pages:	str. 87-102
Issue:	ǂNo. ǂ32
Chronology:	junio 2019
ID:	11364340