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>Subject: Re: #8626 accommodating a severely dyslexic student
>Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 11:37:33 -0700

Dr. Irene Konyndyk Brouwer from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan 
teaches a whole class (12) of students in French who have learning 
disabilities.  Contact her at [log in to unmask]   I believe she has a book 
coming out soon on the topic.

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>>Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:39:51 -0500
>>From: Tammy Berberi <[log in to unmask]>
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>>Subject: accommodating a severely dyslexic student
>
> Dear all,
>
> Has anyone used a voicing software program, such as Dragon Naturally
> Speaking, to allow a beginning FL student with severe dyslexia to
> complete written assignments? I doubt this would even work because of
> the demands of training the program to recognize a voice. Can anyone
> offer effective alternatives to producing written work for a beginning
> foreign language (in this case, French) course?
>
> Thanks much,
> Tammy
>
> -- 
> Tammy Berberi, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor of French
> U Minnesota, Morris
> http://www.morris.umn.edu/academic/french
>
> Office: Humanities 216
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> tel 320.589.6264
> fax 320.589.6253
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> Mailing address:
> Division of Humanities
> 600 East Fourth Street
> Morris, MN 56267
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