Alphabet Headaches
Literacy challenges for non-alphabetic English learners
Suggested Sequences for Teaching
Two recent presentations set out some possible teaching sequences for the key skills needed by Biscriptal Learners of English. These cover:
1. Phonemic Awareness and Phonics, and
2. Handwriting and Morphological Awareness/Vocabulary Development
Both are based on these two conceptual models:
Word-level areas of need
A Model of Biscriptal Reading Development
BICS = Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
CALP = Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
The two presentations are available as presenter's notes here:
Biscriptal Learners 1:
Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
BISCRIPTAL LEARNERS Pt 2 Handwriting Vocab.pdf (PDF — 1 MB)
Biscriptal Learners 2:
Handwriting and Morphological Awareness/Vocabulary Development
* Both presentations begin with a brief survey of the World's Writing Systems. The second-half of each presentation outlines the suggested teaching sequences.