Posts Tagged ‘Dyslexia’

Chinese and English Dyslexia

| October 20th, 2008 | No Comments »

Recent research has shown that different areas of the brain are implicated in Chinese dyslexics and English dyslexics.  I have attached a presentation on this topic by Prof. Wai Ting Siok here (media_ppt_2008). The presentation is in both Chinese and English.  You can also find the original paper in PNAS here PNAS vol.105, pp. 5561-5566.  Enjoy!

Parenting LD Children: Being Fair 如何教養學障子女: 公平可以有不同的形式

| October 18th, 2008 | No Comments »

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Celebrate differences in learning styles 因材施教

| October 11th, 2008 | No Comments »

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重視子女閱讀障礙

| October 5th, 2008 | No Comments »

許多父母不知道他們的孩子是否有閱讀障礙(誦讀困難症)。 這篇剪報是我在2000年時接受世界日報(一份中文報紙)採訪時的內容, 裏面的資料到今天依然有效。 我留下這個剪報是為了方便華裔父母能夠有機會得到有關誦讀困難症的中文信息。我希望本文能夠為您提供幫助。 (more…)

Success is Achieving Happiness & Contentment 成功在於快樂與滿足

| October 5th, 2008 | No Comments »

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Identifying Dyslexia in ESL Students

| September 28th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Betty Kosel, VSB ESL Consultant and Dr. Winnifred Tang at the Kirin for a “working lunch” in the fall of 2007

Last year, I accepted an invitation from Betty Kosel, ESL Consultant at the Vancouver School Board, to give the keynote address for the ESL teacher’s section on their Teacher’s Professional Development Day. The planning was done in October of 2007 and the talk was in February 2008. You can see us, Betty and I, in the photograph at the right, enjoying a “dim sum” lunch at Kirin Restaurant while discussing details of the presentation.

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A successful case study

| September 28th, 2008 | No Comments »

An example of a successful case and an explanation of our approach.

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It’s never too late to learn how to read!

| September 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »

A successful example of how people overcome their learning disabilities.

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