--- Forwarded Message from "Thea Rusthoven" <[log in to unmask]> --- >From: "Thea Rusthoven" <[log in to unmask]> >To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum" <[log in to unmask]> >References: <[log in to unmask]> >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. ----- Original Message ----- From: "LLTI-Editor" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 11:24 AM Subject: #8626 accommodating a severely dyslexic student > --- Forwarded Message from Tammy Berberi <[log in to unmask]> --- > >>Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:39:51 -0500 >>From: Tammy Berberi <[log in to unmask]> >>User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 (Windows/20070809) >>To: [log in to unmask] >>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 > [log in to unmask] > tel 320.589.6264 > fax 320.589.6253 > > Mailing address: > Division of Humanities > 600 East Fourth Street > Morris, MN 56267 > > > *********************************************** > LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for > Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language > Teaching > and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). > Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. > Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) > *********************************************** >