READ 519 Linguistics, Phonics, and Word-Level Reading Difficulties

Addresses phonetics, phonological awareness, phonics, word identification, and spelling. Explores developmental trajectories, instructional strategies, and assessment tools through culturally responsive and culturally sustaining pedagogical lenses. Includes characteristics associated with dyslexia, tools used to screen for such characteristics, instructional strategies designed to benefit students with these characteristics, and related laws/policies. Field-based work with K-12 reader exhibiting characteristics of dyslexia and with K-12 school to examine curriculum and interview teachers.