Best practice in the teaching of reading and writing


3 – 5 February 2010, UNESCO, Paris

Final, complete programme, including sponsors, exhibitors and suppliers

[ EN, 2.5 MB]

Report

[ EN, 91 KB]

Photojournal

[ 6 MB]

Complete film of the Forum

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Slides, reports and other information

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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  [ Report, EN, 129 KB / [ Slides, EN, 1.2 MB]
Chinese: Professor Alice Cheng-Lai  [ EN, 601 KB]
English:  Professor Jenny Thomson  [ Report, EN, 218 KB / Slides, EN, 3.0 MB]
French:  Professor José Morais  [ FR, 4.4 MB / Additional report, FR, 39 KB]
Russian: Professor Elena Grigorenko  [ Report, EN, 183 KB / Slides, EN, 1.2 MB]
Spanish: Professor Jésus Alegria  [ Report, ES, 60 KB / [ Slides FR, 224 KB]

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]

Dr Vincent Goetry:
Presentation of the online course for teachers, 'Dyslexia - How to recognize it and what to do'
See 'Complete film of the Forum', above

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

Information about books and journals
Stanislas Dehaene:
« Les Neurones de la lecture »  [ FR, 206 KB]
Note : this book has now been published in English as Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention

David Grant:
That’s the Way I Think - Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and ADHD Explained  [ EN, 937 KB]

Journals about special needs and educational psychology from Taylor & Francis [ EN, 1 MB]