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Dyslexia - Part 2 - orthographically inconsistent language

Bahasa Malaysia Let's take a look at Malaysia's national language (Malay) which all students inMalaysia have to learn.The only letter that represents more than one sound in Bahasa Malaysia is theletter ‘e’. It can be pronounced ‘er’ or ‘ay’.You pronounce “besok” as if it is “bay-sok” (meaning tomorrow) and “beruk” withthe “er” soundpronounced as in the first two letters of the English word ‘berth’.If you have not heard the word previously you would not know how to pronounceit.One can learn…See More
Apr 16, 2010
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Dyslexia - A new perspective

Teaching Dyslexic Children the English Language.My name is Luqman Michel. I am a retiree. I have been successfully teaching dyslexic children for more than 5 years. I would like to share with all of you myfindings and would be happy to receive your comments and views.There are many definitions for dyslexia. One of them is: “Dyslexia is a learning disability”. I disagree with this definition. How can one say dyslexia is a learningdisability when there are many things children with dyslexia learn…See More
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Luqman Michel replied to Steve Hargadon's discussion Welcome!
"My name is Luqman Michel. I ma 58 years old and retired. I have been teaching dyslexic children for more than 5 years. All my students speak and read in 2 or more languages. They have no problem reading in the Malay language and in romanized…"
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"Before we talk about the digital age we should try and find out why is there such a high illiteracy level in the world. I believe that the high rate is because we have not accepted the fact that the problem is with the English language and not the…"
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I have been teaching dyslexic children for more than 5 years. I started blogging about two months ago to be able to share my findings with as many parents of dyslexic children as possible.

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Dyslexia - Part 2 - orthographically inconsistent language

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Bahasa Malaysia



Let's take a look at Malaysia's national language (Malay) which all students in

Malaysia have to learn.



The only letter that represents more than one sound in Bahasa Malaysia is the

letter ‘e’. It can be pronounced ‘er’ or ‘ay’.



You pronounce “besok” as if it is “bay-sok” (meaning tomorrow) and “beruk” with

the “er”…

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Dyslexia - A new perspective

Posted on April 11, 2010 at 5:19am 0 Comments

Teaching Dyslexic Children the English Language.





My name is Luqman Michel. I am a retiree. I have been successfully teaching dyslexic children for more than 5 years. I would like to share with all of you my

findings and would be happy to receive your comments and views.…



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