English phonics for dyslexia intervention

Are you working with a child who struggles to read? Does your student read too slowly, or with too many mistakes? Do you find the relationship between sounds and spellings in English confusing? If you do, you are not alone!

If English is not your native language, or if you have not learned English using a phonics-based method, this course will  help you to have a much clear and useful view of the links between sounds and spellings in English. Even if you are a native speaker, you may have never reflected on how phonics work and you find yourself sounding out graphemes (letters or strings of letters) in order to explain them to a learner.

The course is delivered in a friendly manner, and you will feel that you are in a class with me practising some basic techniques to clarify how the sound-spelling system works. The techniques include evidence-based techniques from the Orto-Gillingham approach, one of the most widespread systems for reading remediation.

As most students with reading accuracy difficulties will also develop reading comprehension difficulties, I have added a section on reading comprehension, with downloadable materials to use as help sheets while working with a student.

This course will benefit teachers, parents and assistants working with children who have not managed to read and write words accurately. It will enable learners taking the course to develop a clear inner representation of the English phonological system, which in turn will allow you to better help your student. There are also additional resources to practice the most difficult consonant spelling patterns and all of the vowels and dyphthongs in English, with a step-by-step multisensory routine. You can also use the routine for other texts you have access to or want to use in your intervention.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How long do I have access to the course materials?

You can view and review the lecture materials indefinitely, like an on-demand channel.

Can I take my courses with me wherever I go?

Definitely! If you have an internet connection, courses on Udemy are available on any device at any time. If you don’t have an internet connection, some instructors also let their students download course lectures. That’s up to the instructor though, so make sure you get on their good side!