Dyslexic student confusing \a\ and \i\?

Question

I am tutoring a dyslexic student in reading and writing. She does not seem to have the typical problems with b and d, p and q, etc. However, she frequently confuses the sounds of \a\ and \i\ (as in apple and icky) Has anyone else encountered this problem or one similar to it before? Does anyone have any suggestions on how to correct it?

Answer 1

no but my boyfriend is dyslexic and he hates when i correct him. he isnt very good with syllables and finds some short words hard to read and some long words easy to read. he doesnt confuse any letters. also he forgets stuff and is very messy. if i leave the mess, he can find stuff thats burried but if i move it to the logical place he will go mad! my point is that every type of dyslexia is completely different. i find the best way is to be subtle and try repeating the sounds? or maybe visual or acoustic stimulators because everyone learns in a different way. im visual, my boyfriend is acoustic. i hope it helps because it can be frustrating!

Answer 2

www.geocities.com/carjug

Try it.

It works, sometimes...

The site has a color code for vowel sounds. You won't like it, but the kid might read more smoothly.

    Consonant phonemes are easy to remember, but what about vowels? Height, weight, road, abroad, snowplow, There are over 500 ways to spell these chunks.

Now the bad news, the site doesn't work on dyslexic adults, just slow decoders. You might find yourself looking stupid if it doesn't work.

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write me if you try it!

Answer 3

how old is the student---discuss with some speach   one who is therapist.

Answer 4

I tutored a 3rd grader with dyslexia who had the same problem. I found that writing a with the little loopy thing on top (like lowercase times new roman) rather than a "normal" a (like a lowercase d without the top part)

I don't know why it worked, but it did

Answer 5

lots of reinforcement try to make links to familiar words which have the appropriate sound maybe someones name or a frequently accurately said or spelt word and go from there.

lots of visual aids around the house will help with reinforcement.

Answer 6

HOw old is this student?

Answer 7

Has she been evaluated for Central Auditory Processing Disorder? It has to do with how the brain processes sounds. She has problems distinguishing between the phonemes 'i' and 'a'. Check out this site for tips on teaching phoneme awareness

http://www.auburn.edu/~murraba/phon.html

and googling it should provide more options.

Check this site out for more information on CAPD

http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/medical...

Good luck with your student.