LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 12 December 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Dyslexia: A Critical Study of Language Deficiency in Children and Adolescents
M.Phil. Dissertation

Vaishali Narbheram Punjani, M.A., M.Phil. B.Ed.

A language teacher encounters quite a few students with some or the other kind of psychological disorientation or mental disorders. These are cases of mentally challenged that we have around, though in small numbers, in the society. It is natural, then, for anyone who is confronted with such a sight to set thinking about learning disabilities. This was how we zeroed in on our topic for research. The idea was to discuss even the smallest type of dyslexia, a neurological disorder.

We would also wish to discuss acquired dyslexia and its effects because acquired dyslexia is not a neurological disorder but occurs largely due to the situation in which a particular person may find himself or herself. Learning disability is a neurological disorder, and it occurs when a person’s brain works differently than others in processing information. We would like to think it is the result of the malfunctioning of the brain-wiring. If a child has a learning disorder, it is quite possible that s/he would have a related problem too, because the main parts of the brain function together for many skills.

The brain wiring is developed slowly as we grow older although all of us have the brain cells from the birth. After the birth, the brain develops slowly and the wiring is activated. During this process, a child finds something very difficult in the beginning but somehow, after some time, s/he can solve that problem. We call these maturational spurts. When we discuss this growth, we have to discuss the parts of the cortex which are involved not only in language skills but also in motor skills, cognitive skills as well as organizational (executive function) skills.

This is only the beginning part of the dissertation. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE DISSERTATION IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

Vaishali Narbheram Punjani, M.A., M.Phil. B.Ed.
Lecturer in English and Coordinator
English Language Laboratory
ZF Wadia Women’s College and NK Jhota College of Commerce
Athwa Lines
Surat – 395 001
Gujarat
India
vaishali_jigs@yahoo.co.in
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