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Essay On Letter Reversals

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Section 1
Introduction
1.1 Background

According to the International Dyslexia Association, (2008) spelling and writing has been difficult for many children due to visual memory for the sequence of letters in words and language learning weaknesses. These children have a problem of remembering the letters in words because they are unable to notice or recall the features of a language that the letters represent. Furthermore, Letter reversals occur in school learners' manual encoding tasks such as writing and visual receptive tasks, which simply occurs when symbols are not recognised in the correct spatial arrangement. Recognition of reversals made by learners is important and needs to be improved at early level of education. As it has been shown that learners who make switching errors exhibit poor visual-motor skills and show a tendency towards poor visual perception, which hinders their progression in writing and general academic performance. Based on Oshikwanyama Language Education 3 at the University of Namibia, (2016) handwriting difficulties characterised by letter reversals may be associated with language deficits when learners who confuse letters such as "b" and "d" have phoneme association difficulties. Letter sounds and naming of letters also …show more content…

Reversals remain a real and lasting challenge (Brooks, Berninger, &Abbott, 2011). For the learners who make many reversals, it’s harder for them to read and express their ideas in writing. Children who continue making letter switching share a few key characteristics: Children with dyslexia, working memory deficits and commonly happens up through age of 8 (Brooks et. al., 2011).

Based on The Ultimate Teacher’s Guide to Letter and Number Reversals revised by Julie Van Aalst (2015) There certain techniques teachers may use to help and prevent letter switching before they start as well as children who produce reversals to overcome this challenge.

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