Supplemental Self-Help in English as a Foreign Lan..
Supplemental Self-Help in English as a Foreign Language for Learners with Specific Learning Differences/ Difficulties
Start date: Sep 1, 2014,
End date: Aug 31, 2017
PROJECT
FINISHED
Experts have long advocated using the internet to assist persons with Specific Learning Differences (SpLDs). Specific software helps persons with SpLDs through images, text size and background color, and by allowing them to sort out information in a way which suits them best. It also allows for personalised information and learners can enlarge the script or have the text read to them.
There is a need for Open Educational Resources (OER) to help individuals with SpLDs learn English as a Foreign Language (EFL). The Supplemental Self-Help in EFL for Learners with SpLDs (SupEFL) project sets out to do just that. The consortium brings together experts in SpLDs, technology, content development, training and training methodology as well as quality management from seven organisations in six different EU countries.
The purpose of SupEFL project is to develop a portal and platform where EFL learners with SpLDs can find information they need in a simple, condensed and dyslexic-friendly format. It also creates seven self-help guides for learners covering the four language systems (reading, writing, speaking, listening) as well as learning, memory and motivation.
Each self-study module is considered to be an individual course and learners may complete as many modules as they choose. The modules will be based on work that has previously been conducted and will provide learners with SpLDs with specific tools and techniques that they can readily implement to improve their skills and overall competence(s) in the specific area(s) in which they are weakest.
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