...INTRODUCTION Learning foreign language is not an easy or quick process - this process brings challenges to every teacher, but it is not only challenging for teachers but also for those with Special Educational Needs (SEN). It is up to teachers to accommodate such needs and make sure that students with special educational needs will achieve the best possible results and succeed in learning a Foreign Language (FL). Applying specific strategies, techniques and maximising students’ potential is crucial when it come to teaching a foreign language to dyslexics. In the twenty-first-century we do not have to feel limited when it comes to foreign language learning and teaching students with special educational needs. Technology brings the advantage...
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...Reading in the Dark Several students struggle with a learning disability known as dyslexia. People have a hard time understanding exactly what these students go through. Having dyslexia myself, the best way to explain it is that being dyslexic is like being blind. Dyslexia is a learning disorder associated with the impairment of the ability to interpret spatial relationships or integrate auditory or visual information. This clearly creates a combative relationship with education. Students with this disorder must take different measures to function in a setting that demands the skills they struggle with. Dyslexia is normally noticed in elementary school when the student’s grades decline despite sufficient study efforts. My life since I was diagnosed with dyslexia has been hard, but i have learned ways to deal with it better. The inability to see; lacking of the sense of light, or the inability to perceive or understand...
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...Analysis Paper Learning styles or preferences are based on personal characteristics, preferences or individual strengths. It can be important for students to know or be familiar with their specific style of learning, so that they can develop learning strategies that can help them be successful in the material being studied. You can use tools to help ascertain the specific learning styles, like the VARK questionnaire. It provides an insight to how you “take in and give out information” (Fleming, 2014, FAQ). Also, it can help to isolate and identify strategies based on your identified learning preference. Based on the Vark questionnaire taken, my learning preference is multimodal. The multimodal preference may consist of two or more learning styles, which are comprised of Visual, Aural, Read/Write, and Kinesthetic (VARK). The results were as follows: * Visual: 8 * Aural: 3 * Read/write: 6 * Kinesthetic: 7 The results reflect a strong preference to Visual, Read/write, and Kinesthetic (VRK). The multimodal preference can prove beneficial to learning information, but can also have drawbacks. With a multimodal approach to learning one can employ different means of processing the information whether it is being presented through visual presentations, lectures, demonstrations, or reading assignments. The student can adapt or match a preference with what is being presented (Fleming, 2011). In contrast, the multimodal approach can cause learners to take longer...
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...Helping people with dyslexia: a national action agenda Report to the Hon Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, from the Dyslexia Working Party: Jim Bond Max Coltheart [Chair] Tim Connell Nola Firth Margaret Hardy Mandy Nayton Jenny Shaw Angela Weeks Submitted January 10 2010 2 Introduction During 2008 the Hon Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, met with representatives from dyslexia interest groups who expressed concern that dyslexia is not recognized as a specific disability under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and that the education and employment systems do not recognize or support people with dyslexia. Following these meetings the Parliamentary Secretary requested the FaHCSIA convene a roundtable Forum to discuss these issues. This Dyslexia Stakeholder Forum was held at Parliament House Canberra on 16 June 2009. The Forum consisted of 24 people who were scientists in the areas of reading or learning disabilities, technologists, people with dyslexia, clinicians and practitioners, or representatives from DEEWR and FaHCSIA. It was decided that a representative Working Party of 8 Forum members should be formed, charged with the task of writing a report proposing a national agenda for action to assist people with dyslexia. The Working Party consulted widely and in particular benefited from comments on a draft report that were received from the following authorities (all...
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...education program? Horace Mann explains it more eloquently; he says “education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance wheel of the social machinery”. Personally, I feel this quote explains the need for special education. Educating students with disabilities levels the playing field with their peers and enhancing the studies of those children with special gifts and talents advances their learning. Students with learning disabilities should be educated in the least restrictive environment, those gifted should be among peers with similar strengths and all their abilities and inabilities should be accommodated. Special education is the legal definition of programs that provide greater support for certain students and is sometimes referred to as (EC). Exceptional students does not refer to a specific location or fixed concept, however, to include a broader range of services from a smaller individualized learning environments, to assistive technology, and/or a modified curriculum that capitalizes on student’s particular strengths. Under that law in the Individualized Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), all students should be provided specialized services that are contingent upon their needs. Knowingly, that any child who has either one or multiple disabilities is protected by laws stated by IDEA that affords one to be given an adequate and appropropriate free education. Thusly,...
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...Goldsmiths, University of London Department of Music SUBMISSION COVERSHEET This template must be used for all assignments Fill in your personal details below |Student Number | | |“Reg No” from student ID card | | |College Email | @gold.ac.uk | |Degree Programme | | |Year of Study | | |Essay or Assignment Title | | | | | | | | |Are you dyslexic? |Yes / No | |(if so, please attach a scan of a completed | | |notification form from...
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...Awareness About Dyslexia I chose this topic – Awareness About Dyslexia as my term paper because dyslexia caught my attention since I had watched the movie entitled “Every Child Is Special” in one of my major subjects with Mrs. Winona E. Sanque just last year. As the main character, Ishan, never had a chance to be understood by his family, teachers, classmates, and friends. Being sent to a very exclusive school for boys far away from his home, there he also experienced maltreatment and embarrassments. Until one day, an Art substitute teacher came along to his life and change it as well as to all people around him so to me. But this desire of mine in knowing more about dyslexia had been finalized when I read an article in Developmental Reading book entitled “On Being Seventeen, Bright, and Unable to Read” by David Raymond. I start to accept and understand them heartfully. So as I make this term paper I would like to impart my awareness to others as well as they read my researched information I gathered. I. Definition of Dyslexia Dyslexia is a term that refers to many reading disabilities thought to be the result of a disorder in the central nervous system. But most of people began to use the term to describe a broad range of reading problems, and even spelling and writing problems. II. Kinds of Dyslexia There are several types of dyslexia that can affect the child's ability to spell as well as read. "Trauma dyslexia" usually occurs after some form of brain trauma...
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...boundaries: | - Use clear language at an appropriate level in terms my students will understand. - To be able to motivate students, continually research for new ideas relative to the subject. - To be enthusiastic and passionate as regards to the subject. - Approachable, available and open to discussion. - Manage the learning process from the start through to completion. - Assess students progress and give relevant feedback. - Keep a record of progress and assessments. - Not to become too familiar with students. - Make time available for student support. - Maintain student confidentiality. - Make sure that students welfare issues are addressed. - Students conduct i.a.w. acceptable classroom protocols and behaviour. | Guidance! How do/would you address the following aspects (A to H) when teaching adult learners? A. Assessing learning needs B. Planning and preparing teaching and learning programmes for groups and individuals. C. Developing and using a range of teaching and learning techniques. D. Managing the learning process. E. Providing the learner with support. F. Assessing the outcomes. G. Reflecting upon and evaluating one’s own performance and planning future practice. H. Meeting professional requirements A. Assessing learning needs | - The product required. The outcome of training to achieve. - Teacher Needs – requirements to deliver the required training. - Student Needs – Advice, Support and Preparation both physically and mentally. ...
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...Apple Inc and Samsung. This paper is a customer analysis and profile paper for the case of the iPhone. The Primary Target According to the most recent research, the average owner of an iPhone is a heavy browser, who accesses the internet on a daily basis, sending mails and carrying out various financial transactions on the internet. This will be the primary target for quite some time, especially now that the world is fast embracing technology and e-commerce. The primary target constitutes the people mainly aged between ages 20and 30 years (O'Grady, 2009). The most recent research, carried out in china, arguably the biggest iPhone market, indicates that the age bracket that constitutes the biggest portion of iPhone purchases is between 18 and 25 years. This age bracket is closely followed by the people between 26 and 30 and then come the under 18 age bracket. The inference therefore is that the target market is the young generation. The target or the primary target is expected to grow, since people are quickly embracing online technologies and applications such as mobile gaming and e-commerce. The market should be segmented in such a way that the marketers know exactly...
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...Level 1 Composition MU51013A Assignment 3 33219967 Panos Ghikas We made our composition assignment for the cartoon Tom and Jerry. The final idea was to create a new soundtrack for it. Although, our ideas changed a lot we managed to choose the best one. At the beginning we thought about using toy keyboards and xylophones but that did not work out because they were too expensive for us. The other one was to use an electric violin and keyboard to create different sounds but that was not suitable for the assignment. Furthermore, we thought that one person in the group could interrupt everyone during their improvisation and that she could also use percussion instruments such as a tambourine and also making sounds with body, but we dropped it. When we had to present the composition for the first time we all played on our own instruments and we did not have a backbone idea for it. There were 3 main sections then: a certain kind of rhythm which everyone was playing at a different time, then random notes and a melody line. Because we did not have a backbone we had to change our original composition. The first thought was to go with the silent movie and then wrote a soundtrack for it. We all did a lot of research but none of the movies was suitable for us. The final thought was to take one cartoon and write a soundtrack for it. We searched a suitable clip by watching lots of Tom and Jerry episodes to find the right one. We decided to compose for the episode called Push- Button...
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...COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore | Department of Computer Science | Program Name: BS(CS) 2012-Fall | Course Title: Computer Graphics | Assignment #: 1 | Assignment out: 12-09-2012 | Topic: Math. for CG | Last date of submission: 19-09-2012 | ------------------------------------------------- Name: Hassaan Javaid Roll # 23 Evaluation: Through quiz Credit: 10 Instructions: 1. Submit your assignment in hard form in class as per format given in course hand book. It must include a. Start page(s): print of this sheet b. Plagiarism policy with your signature. Assignments without it, will not be checked. Download it from http://zulfiqar.8m.com. 2. Late submission policy: deduction @ of 10% of total marks per day. Problem Statements: 1. Vectors Given vertices P1 = (1, 1, 0), P2 = (1, 0, 2), and P3 = (3, 2, 0) of a triangle T, counter clock wise around the normal. a. Find vector u from P1 to P2 b. Find vector v from P1 to P3 c. (u+v).(u-v) d. (u+v)×(u-v) e. the length of u f. the vector 3 times longer than u g. the unit vector of u h. the angle between u & v i. the length of projection of u on v j. compute the normal to T k. compute the area of T 2. Matrices Let A = 123404212, B= 213114330 a. Compute C = AB b. Does AB = BA? c. Given the vector u from previous question, find Au d. Given the vector v from previous...
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...readily available” (EHow Contributor, 2011). To clarify, a math fact is basic base-10 calculation of single digit numbers. Examples of basic math facts include addition and multiplication problems such as 1 + 1, 4 + 5, 3 x 5 and their opposites, 2 – 1, 9 – 4, 15/5(Marques, 2010 and Yermish, 2011). Typically, these facts are memorized at grade levels deemed appropriate to a student’s readiness – usually second or third grade for addition and subtraction and fourth grade for multiplication and division. If a child can say the answer to a math fact problem within a couple of seconds, this is considered mastery of the fact (Marques, 2010). Automaticity – the point at which something is automatic- is the goal when referring to math facts. Students are expected to be able to recall facts without spending time thinking about them, counting on their fingers, using manipulatives, etc (Yermish, 2011). . In order to become a fluent reader, a person must memorize the sounds that letters make and the sounds that those letters make when combined with other letters. Knowing math facts, combinations of numbers, is just as critical to becoming fluent in math. Numbers facts are to math as the alphabet is to reading, without them a person cannot fully succeed. (Yermish, 2011 and Marquez, 2010). A “known” fact is one that is “answered automatically and correctly without counting” (Greenwald, 2011). In order for a child to achieve academically, the child must master basic facts. A child's progress...
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...Goldsmiths College History Department Insert you personal details below |Student Number | | |College Email | | |Degree Programme |e.g BA History, BA History/Sociology | |Year of Course | | |Course name |e.g. Concepts and Methods | |Essay Deadline | | |Submission Date | | |Are you dyslexic? | | Essay or Assignment Title Type in box below Guidelines on using this essay template Q. What assignments have to be submitted online? A. Almost all the assignments you do in the History Department will be submitted online via the VLE. We do not accept paper copies of essays. Q. What wordprocessor format should I use for assignments? A. Only two formats are acceptable:...
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...Running head: Text to Speech Text to Speech Technology Professor: ABSTRACT Text to speech approaches towards adding expressivity to machines is an important field being researched and worked on these days. This paper presents an overview of speech synthesis approach, its applications and advancements towards modern technology. It begins with a description of how such systems work, examines the use of text-to-speech software and try to apply this technology to the DMCS project for evidence of benefits of text to speech applications for people engaged in different fields and the level of accuracy that can be expected. Applications of speech synthesis technology in various fields are then explored. The document concludes with potential uses of speech to text in various fields, likely main uses of the technology in the future. TEXT TO SPEECH – INTRODUCTION A Text-To-Speech (TTS) synthesis is a widely used technology that should be able to read any text aloud, whether it was directly introduced in the computer by an operator or scanned and submitted to an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) system. Let it be more precise, systems that simply concatenate isolated words or parts of sentences, denoted as Voice Response Systems, are only applicable when a limited vocabulary is required (typically a few one hundreds of words), and when the sentences to...
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...of working with a special needs student “Nakita” who was born with downs syndrome. I have been this little girls TA since she was three years old, now she is in the second grade and is eight years old. This little girl is the apple of my eye, and while I am in school my world revolves around her. I am her momma when she is in school, and she is always making sure I am around her or she can see me even when she is on the playground. Over the past four years I have seen this little girl blossom with her communication skills however, she still has a hard time getting her friends and teachers or anyone else understand her wants and needs. When she first came to our school, she was nonverbal and knew a few words through sign other than that she would make grunts or point to what she wants. We have both learned through each other how to communicate to each other. She has taught me some sign language and I have taught her some in return. I have become her communication device and can communicate for her. The problem I see is that I will not always be with her, and she needs to be able to communicate on her or through the help of an assistive communication device. My research paper will be based on certain assistive communication devices for non-verbal downs syndrome students, just like my own student “Nakita”. Our school is a small public school that houses four hundred fifty students’ elementary students. Among these four hundred fifty students, there may be about fifteen to...
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