Re: Edjukashun Edjukashun Edjukashun

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:19:51 +0200, Gumrat <gumrat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hugh Oxford wrote:
Marjorie wrote:

You are lucky to have this tool. The rest of the non English speaking
world do not suffer from arbitary random spelling non rules and most
folk find spelling easy. There they have to find other ways of
weeding folk out. Believe me - it is a nightmare - I think I have
beaten the beast, I get interviews, but please spare a thought for the
many on the receiving end of this ghastly non orthography.

They are not illiterate - English is!

What about French? It's widely spoken and written, and is highly
un-phonetic at times. Most French children seem to master it without
blaming their problems on the language. I'm sure there are other
languages that are not consistently phonetic in their spelling.


Wouldn't it be interesting to compare rates of dyslexia, ADHD etc.
across cultures.
Dyslexia not recognized in Swiss primary schools (nor French). Doesn't
mean it doesn't exist, just children who have it do not conform and are
treated as naughty, or backward, or disruptive, or all three. Ditto
those who might have ADHD.
<swerve>
My father told of being naturally left-handed but having being hit, to
stop him using the "wrong" hand, when he was in French primary school
about 90 years ago.
I recall one of the Chinese teachers of traditional Chinese medicine
at Middlesex Uni where I was doing dyslexia support telling me they do
not have dyslexics in China..... I suppose it is possible as it's a
visual language, but there are other features besides reading that
dyslexics can have difficulty with, eg processing instructions. They
have poor auditory skills and are in some cases still processing the
first instruction or question when the next comes along.

This was just academic information to me until recently. I certainly
have the problem in Spanish. I am still processing the first sentence
when several more have passed by. Unfortunately it now happens in
English too, occasionally. Perhaps acquired dyslexia is similar to
senility.







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