Learning Outcomes
With the completion of this course, the students are expected (i) to be able to understand the classification criteria for different categories of learning disabilities (ii) to perceive the behavioral characteristics of different disabiliites and (iii) to be able to deal with single cases of students with learning disabilities in the context of learning a foreign language in the classroom.
Course Content (Syllabus)
The present course focusses on the specific learning difficulties of speech, reading and writing. It offers a comprehensive analysis of the differential diagnosis criteria as well as the specific characteristics of the relevant clinical groups. It presents the difficulties that these children have with learning a foreign language in the classroom. It also introduces methods that could potentially contribute to successful foreign language learning by these children.
Description
Written essay; length: 1000 words (+/- 15%) in a topic concering specific learning difficulties, their manifestation and differential diagnosis.
Marking criteria:
Content (data accuracy, argumentation and bibliographic documentation)
Structure and text coherence (meaning logical sequence, paragraphs, titles, subtitles)
Linguistic form (comprehensible written text, correct syntax and grammar)
Bibliography and references (accuracy and correctness of references and the bibliography section at the end of the text)
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Σταυρακάκη, Σ. (2019). Νευροαναπτυξιακές Διαταραχές. Η περίπτωση της Αναπτυξιακής Γλωσσικής Διαταραχής. Θεσσαλονίκη. Εκδόσεις Επίκεντρο.
Bογινδρούκας, Ι., Οκαλίδου, Α., & Σταυρακάκη, Σ. (Επιμέλεια και έκδοση) (2010). Αναπτυξιακές γλωσσικές διαταραχές: Από τη βασική έρευνα στην κλινική πράξη. Θεσσαλονίκη. Εκδόσεις Επίκεντρο.
Additional bibliography for study
Nijakowska, J. (2010) Dyslexia in the foreign language classroom. Multilingual Matters: Bristol
Schneider, E. & Crombie, M. (2003). Dyslexia and Foreign Language Learning
David Fulton Publishers.
Κωνσταντίνου, Μ., & Κοσμίδου, Μ. (Επιμ.) (2011). Νευροψυχολογία των Μαθησιακών Διαταραχών. Αθήνα: Επιστημονικές Εκδόσεις Παρισιάνου.