Title: Multisensory teaching of basic language skills /
Authors: Birsh, Judith R.
Publisher: Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co.,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Schüler.; Dyslexie.; Didaktik.; Aufsatzsammlung.; Dyslexic children Education United States.; Dyslexics Education United States.; Language arts United States; USA.
Abstract: "The most comprehensive book available on multisensory teaching, this widely adopted text shows educators how specific multisensory approaches can dramatically improve struggling students' language skills and outcomes in elementary through high school."--Page 4 of cover.
Contents: Connecting research and practice -- Multisensory structured language education -- Development of oral language and its relationship to literacy -- The history and structure of written English -- Teaching phonemic awareness -- Alphabet knowledge: Letter recognition, naming, and sequencing -- Teaching handwriting -- Teaching reading: accurate decoding -- Teaching spelling -- Fluency in learning to read: conceptions, misconceptions, learning disabilities, and instructional moves -- Word learning and vocabulary instruction -- Strategies to improve reading comprehension in the multisensory classroom -- Composition: evidence-based instruction -- Assessment -- Planning multisensory structured language lessons and the classroom environment -- Instruction for older students with a world-level reading disability -- Adolescent literacy: addressing the needs of students in grades 4-12 -- Learning strategies and study skills: the SkORE system -- Working with high-functioning adults with dyslexia and other academic challenges -- Language and literacy development among English language learners -- Multisensory mathematics instruction -- Technology that supports literacy instruction and learning -- Rights of individuals with dyslexia and other disabilities.