The document summarizes research on Hungarian teachers' perceptions of students with dyslexia learning foreign languages. It identifies symptoms teachers observed in speaking, reading, and writing and personal factors like family problems, lack of confidence, and motivation issues. It concludes that raising teacher awareness of symptoms and alternative teaching methods is needed, as well as cooperation between language teachers and other specialists to help dyslexic students.

1. Hungarian teachers’
perceptions of dyslexic
language learners
Presentation by
Barbi Pál

2. About the research
Method:
- 5 schools
- 19 teachers
- interviews
- teachers’ observations
Aim:
1. identify symptoms
2. identify personal factors

3. Recognising the symptoms of
In the foreign
language classroom

4. Speaking related problems
Cannot repeat L2 words
Cannot pronunce sounds
corresponding to letters
Weak oral performance

5. Reading related problems
Cannot find the sounds corresponding to letters
Difficulties with longer texts
Problems with reading aloud
Comprehension problems

6. Writing related problems
Spelling issues
Cannot copy words from the blackboard
Mix up Hungarian and English spelling
Mix up similarly sounding and looking words

7. Other problems
Memorizing problems
Difficulties with serial
integration
Cannot understand
grammatical relations
Slow rate of learning

8. Personal factors observed
as characteristic of
students with

9. Problems rooted in the family
Behavior problems
Lack of self confidence
Motivation problems
General mental abilities
Compensation

10. An emerging model of
teachers’ perception of

12. Uninformed Enlightened
teacher teacher
behaviour behaviour
Disciplines Alternative
teaching methods

13. Conclusions

14. Raising awareness of teachers about:
- symptoms, problems
- methods
Cooperation is needed between the:
- L2 teacher
- school psychologist
- speech therapist
- L1 teacher

15. Resource Kormos, J. & Kontra, E. H. (2008).
Hungarian teachers’ perceptions of
dyslexic language learners
In Kormos, J. & Kontra, E. H. (Eds),
Language Learners with Special Needs: An
international perspective, (pp. 189-212).
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