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READING DIFFICULTIES FACED BY DYSLEXIC LEARNERS OF ENGLISH AN EXPLORATORY STUDY AT GOVT SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER AHMAD PUR SIAL JHANG

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-I).43      10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-I).43      Published : Mar 2023

Reading Difficulties Faced by Dyslexic Learners of English: an Exploratory Study at Govt. Special Education Center, Ahmad Pur Sial Jhang

Abstract

    This research focuses on discerning the reading barriers faced by dyslexic English learners at Ahmad Pur Sial, Special Education Center in Jhang, employing a qualitative methodology. The study selects students in the first and second grades of the Govt. Special Education Centre in A.P. Sial, Jhang. Data collection methods include on-site observation and semi-structured interviews conducted with two female teachers and the principal. The outcomes of the research unveil diverse reading challenges facing dyslexic learners, encompassing phonological dyslexia, visual dyslexia, dysphonic dyslexia, rapid naming deficit, and double deficit. The study underscores significant implications for the effective pedagogy of special children within educational institutions.

    Dyslexia, semi-structured, deficit, Phonological dyslexia, Visual dyslexia

    (1) Naveed Ur Rehman
    M.Phil. Scholar, Faculty of English Language and Literature, University of Central Punjab , Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Manaf Ali Shah
    M.Phil. Scholar, Faculty of English Language and Literature, University of Central Punjab , Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Rehman, N. U., & Shah, M. A. (2023). Reading Difficulties Faced by Dyslexic Learners of English: an Exploratory Study at Govt. Special Education Center, Ahmad Pur Sial Jhang. Global Sociological Review, VIII(I), 433-443 . https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-I).43

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Rehman, Naveed Ur, and Manaf Ali Shah. 2023. "Reading Difficulties Faced by Dyslexic Learners of English: an Exploratory Study at Govt. Special Education Center, Ahmad Pur Sial Jhang." Global Sociological Review, VIII (I): 433-443 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-I).43

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    HARVARD : REHMAN, N. U. & SHAH, M. A. 2023. Reading Difficulties Faced by Dyslexic Learners of English: an Exploratory Study at Govt. Special Education Center, Ahmad Pur Sial Jhang. Global Sociological Review, VIII, 433-443 .

MHRA

    MHRA : Rehman, Naveed Ur, and Manaf Ali Shah. 2023. "Reading Difficulties Faced by Dyslexic Learners of English: an Exploratory Study at Govt. Special Education Center, Ahmad Pur Sial Jhang." Global Sociological Review, VIII: 433-443

MLA

    MLA : Rehman, Naveed Ur, and Manaf Ali Shah. "Reading Difficulties Faced by Dyslexic Learners of English: an Exploratory Study at Govt. Special Education Center, Ahmad Pur Sial Jhang." Global Sociological Review, VIII.I (2023): 433-443 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Rehman, Naveed Ur and Shah, Manaf Ali (2023), "Reading Difficulties Faced by Dyslexic Learners of English: an Exploratory Study at Govt. Special Education Center, Ahmad Pur Sial Jhang", Global Sociological Review, VIII (I), 433-443

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Rehman, Naveed Ur, and Manaf Ali Shah. "Reading Difficulties Faced by Dyslexic Learners of English: an Exploratory Study at Govt. Special Education Center, Ahmad Pur Sial Jhang." Global Sociological Review VIII, no. I (2023): 433-443 . https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-I).43