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A Study on Dyslexia Research

  • Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice
  • Abbr : JSPED
  • 2015, 16(2), pp.213-242
  • Publisher : Research Institute of the Korea Special Education
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education

Yong-Wook Kim 1 WOO JEONG HAN 2 Shin Jae-Han 3

1대구대학교
2대구사이버대학교
3국제뇌교육종합대학원대학교

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ABSTRACT

In South Korea, many students with dyslexia who have serious difficulties in reading have been ignored without appropriate educational services at schools, because they are generally considered as underachievers. This study was designed to provide a foundation for future studies related to dyslexia in South Korea in which relatively little is researched on dyslexia when comparing to foreign countries. For this purpose, this study investigated definition and classification, history and research trends, causes and symptoms, and diagnosis and intervention of dyslexia. The major findings are summarized as follows: First, dyslexia which is one of the specific learning disabilities refers to difficulties in recognizing words and spellings, etc. Dyslexia can be classified into phonological dyslexia and surface dyslexia. Second, the trends of dyslexia research are associated with investigations on finding the causes of dyslexia. Third, causes of dyslexia are due to neurobiological problems in the brain and symptoms of dyslexia are appeared according to developmental stages. Fourth, the dyslexia classification is to be made through screening and diagnosis. Based on the result of diagnosis, the reading programs and therapeutic programs should be provided in a difficult reading area as an intervention. Finally, based on the findings from this study, educational policy plan was suggested for providing appropriate education to students with dyslexia.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.