Teaching Literacy to Learners with Dyslexia
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This bestselling book for teaching literacy to children and young people aged 4-16 years with dyslexia and other specific literacy difficulties has been fully updated for its fourth edition.
Providing a structured multisensory programme, ‘Conquering Literacy’, that includes placement tests, well-established strategies and examples of lesson planning, teaching activities, and reading, spelling and literacy concept cards, this book is an essential practical resource for teachers.
This new edition includes:
• 51 new activities (online) to support the delivery of the Accelerated Programme.
• A new chapter on co-occurring difficulties and the implications for teaching literacy using Conquering Literacy.
• Additional examples and case studies.
• New resources within the book itself, to support the teacher in delivering the lessons.
• A variety of structured reading materials to develop reading comprehension for students working at Stage 2 of the programme.
Contents
Part I: Teaching learners with dyslexia: Theory and context
- Chapter 1: What is dyslexia?
- Chapter 2: Dyslexia and co-occurring difficulties: Implications for teaching literacy to learners with dyslexia
- Chapter 3: The role of memory in acquiring literacy skills
- Chapter 4: Phonology, phonological awareness and literacy
- Chapter 5: Reading, spelling and dyslexia: Theory and research
- Chapter 6: Dyslexia and learners for whom English is an additional language
Part II: Teaching literacy to learners with dyslexic-type difficulties
- Chapter 7: Strategies for reading
- Chapter 8: Strategies for spelling
- Chapter 9: Strategies for writing
Part III: Conquering literacy: A multisensory programme for teaching learners with dyslexia
- Chapter 10: Principles, teaching methods and programme structure
- Chapter 11: Lesson planning
- Chapter 12: Alphabet knowledge and skills
- Chapter 13: The role of memory in the programme
- Chapter 14: Introducing the new teaching point in a lesson
Part IV: Conquering literacy: A multisensory programme
Part IV: Conquering literacy: A multisensory programme
Part IV: Appendix A: Ideas for working with young children
Part IV: Appendix A: Ideas for working with young children
PART IV: Appendix B: Teaching the programme to groups
PART IV: Appendix B: Teaching the programme to groups
PART V: The accelerated programme and beyond
PART V: The accelerated programme and beyond
Part VI: Downloadable resources
Part VI: Downloadable resources
Resources
Online Resource
https://study.sagepub.com/kellyandphillips4eDescription
This bestselling book for teaching literacy to children and young people aged 4-16 years with dyslexia and other specific literacy difficulties has been fully updated for its fourth edition.
Providing a structured multisensory programme, ‘Conquering Literacy’, that includes placement tests, well-established strategies and examples of lesson planning, teaching activities, and reading, spelling and literacy concept cards, this book is an essential practical resource for teachers.
This new edition includes:
• 51 new activities (online) to support the delivery of the Accelerated Programme.
• A new chapter on co-occurring difficulties and the implications for teaching literacy using Conquering Literacy.
• Additional examples and case studies.
• New resources within the book itself, to support the teacher in delivering the lessons.
• A variety of structured reading materials to develop reading comprehension for students working at Stage 2 of the programme.
Contents
Part I: Teaching learners with dyslexia: Theory and context
- Chapter 1: What is dyslexia?
- Chapter 2: Dyslexia and co-occurring difficulties: Implications for teaching literacy to learners with dyslexia
- Chapter 3: The role of memory in acquiring literacy skills
- Chapter 4: Phonology, phonological awareness and literacy
- Chapter 5: Reading, spelling and dyslexia: Theory and research
- Chapter 6: Dyslexia and learners for whom English is an additional language
Part II: Teaching literacy to learners with dyslexic-type difficulties
- Chapter 7: Strategies for reading
- Chapter 8: Strategies for spelling
- Chapter 9: Strategies for writing
Part III: Conquering literacy: A multisensory programme for teaching learners with dyslexia
- Chapter 10: Principles, teaching methods and programme structure
- Chapter 11: Lesson planning
- Chapter 12: Alphabet knowledge and skills
- Chapter 13: The role of memory in the programme
- Chapter 14: Introducing the new teaching point in a lesson
Part IV: Conquering literacy: A multisensory programme
Part IV: Conquering literacy: A multisensory programme
Part IV: Appendix A: Ideas for working with young children
Part IV: Appendix A: Ideas for working with young children
PART IV: Appendix B: Teaching the programme to groups
PART IV: Appendix B: Teaching the programme to groups
PART V: The accelerated programme and beyond
PART V: The accelerated programme and beyond
Part VI: Downloadable resources
Part VI: Downloadable resources
Resources
Online Resource
https://study.sagepub.com/kellyandphillips4e
Teaching Literacy to Learners with Dyslexia
A Multisensory Approach
September 2025 | 424 pages | Sage UK
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 02/09/2024 | 9781529684629 | $53.00 |
| Hardcover | 02/09/2024 | 9781529684636 | $178.00 |
| 180 Day Ebook | 16/09/2025 | 9781529685527 | $31.00 |
| Lifetime | 16/09/2025 | 9781529685527 | $45.00 |
This bestselling book for teaching literacy to children and young people aged 4-16 years with dyslexia and other specific literacy difficulties has been fully updated for its fourth edition.
Providing a structured multisensory programme, ‘Conquering Literacy’, that includes placement tests, well-established strategies and examples of lesson planning, teaching activities, and reading, spelling and literacy concept cards, this book is an essential practical resource for teachers.
This new edition includes:
• 51 new activities (online) to support the delivery of the Accelerated Programme.
• A new chapter on co-occurring difficulties and the implications for teaching literacy using Conquering Literacy.
• Additional examples and case studies.
• New resources within the book itself, to support the teacher in delivering the lessons.
• A variety of structured reading materials to develop reading comprehension for students working at Stage 2 of the programme.
Table Of Contents:
- Part I: Teaching learners with dyslexia: Theory and context
- Chapter 1: What is dyslexia?
- Chapter 2: Dyslexia and co-occurring difficulties: Implications for teaching literacy to learners with dyslexia
- Chapter 3: The role of memory in acquiring literacy skills
- Chapter 4: Phonology, phonological awareness and literacy
- Chapter 5: Reading, spelling and dyslexia: Theory and research
- Chapter 6: Dyslexia and learners for whom English is an additional language
- Part II: Teaching literacy to learners with dyslexic-type difficulties
- Chapter 7: Strategies for reading
- Chapter 8: Strategies for spelling
- Chapter 9: Strategies for writing
- Part III: Conquering literacy: A multisensory programme for teaching learners with dyslexia
- Chapter 10: Principles, teaching methods and programme structure
- Chapter 11: Lesson planning
- Chapter 12: Alphabet knowledge and skills
- Chapter 13: The role of memory in the programme
- Chapter 14: Introducing the new teaching point in a lesson
- Part IV: Conquering literacy: A multisensory programme
- Part IV: Appendix A: Ideas for working with young children
- PART IV: Appendix B: Teaching the programme to groups
- PART V: The accelerated programme and beyond
- Part VI: Downloadable resources