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Multilingualism and dyslexia: challenges for research and practice
Author(s) -
Cline Tony
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
dyslexia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.694
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1099-0909
pISSN - 1076-9242
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0909(200001/03)6:1<3::aid-dys156>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - multilingualism , dyslexia , psychology , neuroscience of multilingualism , literacy , linguistics , cognitive psychology , pedagogy , reading (process) , philosophy , neuroscience
Over the last two decades there has been an expansion of activity and substantial progress in research on dyslexia and research on bilingualism and multilingualism. But the study of dyslexia has generally focused on monolingual learners and the study of bilingualism has tended to focus on speakers who do not have special educational needs. This paper will review the strands of research to date that have a bearing on multilingualism and dyslexia and attempt to identify the major challenges that face researchers and teachers. A satisfactory response cannot be developed without a full understanding of the impact that dyslexia has on language learning and the impact that multilingualism has on literacy learning. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.