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Teaching Literacy to Learners with Dyslexia
A Multisensory Approach

Third Edition
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April 2022 | 520 pages | Corwin UK

This bestselling book for teaching literacy to children and young people aged 4–16 years with dyslexia and other specific literacy difficulties has been fully updated for its third edition.

Providing a structured multi-sensory programme, ‘Conquering Literacy’, that includes placement tests, well-established strategies and examples of lesson planning, teaching activities, and reading, spelling and literacy concept cards, this book is an essential practical resource for teachers.

This new edition includes:

  • an additional section for learners who need an individualised, structured programme at an advanced stage (Stage II);

  • a section on planning shorter, targeted interventions for learners with a particular difficulty e.g. spelling, revising;

  • three new chapters on teaching reading, spelling and writing within mainstream classrooms using strategies which are successful with learners with dyslexia

  • downloadable teaching resources available from the companion website.

 
Part I: Teaching Learners With Dyslexia: Theory and Context
 
Chapter 1: What Is Dyslexia?
 
Chapter 2: The Role of Memory in Acquiring Literacy Skills
 
Chapter 3: Phonology, Phonological Awareness and Literacy
 
Chapter 4: Reading, Spelling and Dyslexia: Theory and Research
 
Chapter 5: Dyslexia and Learners for Whom English Is an Additional Language
 
Part II: Teaching Literacy to Learners With Dyslexic-Type Difficulties
 
Chapter 6: Strategies for Reading
 
Chapter 7: Strategies for Spelling
 
Chapter 8: Strategies for Writing
 
Part III: Conquering Literacy: A Multisensory Programme for Teaching Learners With Dyslexia
 
Chapter 9: Principles, Teaching Methods and Programme Structure
 
Chapter 10: Lesson Planning
 
Chapter 11: Alphabet Knowledge and Skills
 
Chapter 12: The Role of Memory in the Programme
 
Chapter 13: Introducing the New Teaching Point in a Lesson
 
Part IV: Conquering Literacy – A Multisensory Programme
 
Part V: The Accelerated Programme
 
Part VI: Downloadable Resources

There are chapters on subjects that practitioners may find particularly interesting, such as ‘Dyslexia and Learners for whom English is an Additional Language’, and ‘The Role of Memory in Acquiring Literacy Skills’ - Jan Beechey

Jan Beechey
Dyslexia Review

On the list for those exploring the SEN module

Mrs Catherine Carden
Faculty of Education, Canterbury Christ Church University
December 4, 2023

Absolutely one of the best books for teachers studying at the Postgraduate level for specialist teaching and SpLD courses.

Mrs Jan Beechey
Education and Training, Dyslexia Action
October 21, 2022
  • 3 new Chapters which include sections on supporting learners and how to apply specialist strategies in the mainstream classroom:

    • Chapter 6 Reading for learners with Dyslexic-type Difficulties

    • Chapter 7 Spelling for learners with Dyslexic-type Difficulties

    • Chapter 8 Writing for learners with Dyslexic-type Difficulties

  • A new Section C Beyond the Accelerated Programme within Part V for leaners who do not need a full structured programme

Kathleen Kelly

Dr Kathleen Kelly PhD, MA (SEN), Dip TESL, AMBDA, is an independent consultant and trainer in the field of specific learning difficulties. For many years she was a Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University in the Centre for Inclusion and Disability Studies where she was Programme Leader for the MA in Specific Learning Difficulties and the Post Graduate Certificate in Dyscalculia. For several years she has taught courses on specific learning difficulties as part of the initial teacher training programme in addition to postgraduate awards. She has presented papers in this area at a number of international conferences and was part... More About Author

Sylvia Phillips

Sylvia Phillips, BA, DASE, MEd (SEN), AMBDA, Cert. TESL is an Education Consultant (for SEND) and a part-time tutor to the AMBDA course at Stanmillis University College, Belfast. She began her career as a teacher of English in secondary schools where she became interested in why some learners had severe literacy difficulties. She later joined Manchester Metropolitan University where she was a Principal Lecturer, Head of SEN, and then Head of Continuing Professional Development. At MMU she developed the first courses for specialist dyslexia teachers at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. During that time she worked in primary,... More About Author

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