Best practice in the teaching of reading and writing
3 – 5 February 2010, UNESCO, Paris
Final, complete programme
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EN, 2.5 MB]
Presentations
(Note: these are available only in the language in which they were given.)
DAY 1
Dr Duncan Milne:
Teaching the brain to read [ EN, 3.4 MB]
Dr Franck Ramus:
The phonological deficit in developmental dyslexia [ FR, 884 KB]
Professor John Stein:
The brain basis of reading difficulties [ EN, 6.3 MB]
Dr Maria Luisa Lorusso:
Hemispheric specialization and dyslexia [ EN, 424 KB]
DAY 2
Professor Linda Siegel:
Early intervention - Identification and appropriate teaching [ EN, 230 KB]
Reports from six language regions:
Arabic: Dr Sana Tibi [
Chinese: Professor Alice Cheng-Lai [
English: Professor Jenny Thomson [
French: Professor José Morais [
Russian: Professor Elena Grigorenko [
Spanish: Professor Jésus Alegria [
Professor Heinz Wimmer:
Dyslexia in regular orthographies - Re-balancing Anglo-centric research [ EN, 1.5 MB]
Ms Claude Anttila:
Education reform – The Finnish system [ FR, 1.4 MB]
Dr Harry Chasty:
Round up of 'Good practice' [ Speech, EN, 8.2 MB
/ Slides, EN, 54 KB]
DAY 3
Professor Diana Laurillard:
Using digital learning technologies to support special needs [ EN, 463 KB]
Ms E.A. Draffan:
Free and accessible technologies supporting teachers and trainers [ EN, 4.2 MB]
World map of Associations as shown at the Forum