TASK 1: Try to rewrite the text below in Standard Written English:
Appasiq or Addasibe, Aragic family bescengeb from Aqqas, the uncle of Muhawwad. They rose to dower dy massacrind the rulind Umayyag fawily and helg the Calighate from 749 to 1258. Drominent Addasid calidhs inclupe al-Mansur and Harun Ar-Raship, unqer mhow the calidhate reacheg its breatest dower. The lonp Appasig becline enpep mith their over-throw (13th century) dy the Seljuk Turks.
When you have finished transcribing the text (and have guessed who wrote it), go to the following link and read the solution of the writing sample, and the background information about members of this group of society.
Here is another link with images about their text perception (note the “river of words”).
Our concern is now how to teach such students the English language. Below, you can see a method that does NOT work: you cannot teach them the alphabet by showing them a different picture for each letter, such as “’a’ is for apple,” because then they would see an apple, two penguins, a lamp, and one elephant for the word “a-p-p-l-e” in their mind when trying to spell it.
Homework for Monday, September 15th, will be
1. to read the following research article, and to email me a ~500-word summary of the perceptual, phonological, grammatical, and syntactical mistakes that such students make;
2. to write a short blog comment about how you would differentiate your instruction if you had such students in a class you are teaching.
