{"id":67,"date":"2020-05-11T12:23:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T16:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/disability-resources\/?p=67"},"modified":"2020-05-11T12:23:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T16:23:26","slug":"writing-math-and-foreign-language-success-with-dyslexia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/disability-resources\/2020\/05\/11\/writing-math-and-foreign-language-success-with-dyslexia\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing, Math, and Foreign Language: Success with Dyslexia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Written by Mia DiMartino, Undergraduate student at SUNY Cortland<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s Note: This is the third in a three-part series on how to succeed in college with dyslexia. In this post, Mia shares tips she learned when taking foreign language courses and writing papers in a variety of disciplines. Be sure to check out her posts on <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/disability-resources\/2020\/04\/21\/dyslexia-and-dyscalculia-how-to-succeed-in-college\/\">dyslexia in general<\/a> and on <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/disability-resources\/2020\/04\/30\/college-science-the-dyslexic-way\/\">college science<\/a>. You can succeed too if you play to your strengths. Thank you, Mia, for sharing!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Writing<\/strong>: How do you get all the great ideas in your head down on paper when you struggle with grammar and spelling? \u00b7 Try using dictation on your computer (<a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/guide\/mac-help\/use-dictation-mh40584\/mac\">Mac<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/support.office.com\/en-us\/article\/dictate-your-documents-in-word-3876e05f-3fcc-418f-b8ab-db7ce0d11d3c?redirectSourcePath=%252fen-us%252farticle%252fdictate-your-documents-d4fd296e-8f15-4168-afec-1f95b13a6408&amp;ui=en-US&amp;rs=en-US&amp;ad=US\">Microsoft 365<\/a>) to avoid having to spend a lot of time correcting spelling errors.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spell check will not always catch your errors. Get someone else to check over your papers for you.\n<ul>\n<li><em>Editor\u2019s Note: There are great new tools for checking grammar and spelling that will catch errors that prior tools in word processors might have missed. In Microsoft 365, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.office.com\/en-us\/article\/microsoft-editor-checks-grammar-and-more-in-documents-mail-and-the-web-91ecbe1b-d021-4e9e-a82e-abc4cd7163d7\">Microsoft Editor<\/a> is an AI powered service to improve your writing. Also, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.cortland.edu\/offices\/asap\/readwrite.dot\">Read&amp;Write<\/a> toolbar available for all SUNY Cortland students to install on their own device includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uFXllbbjnWc\">CheckIt<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>You are a great story-teller. Use that to your advantage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Math<\/strong>: Word problems can hit your difficulty with reading while numbers are easily mixed up.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use highlighters to pick out important information in each question.<\/li>\n<li>Create a system of attack for each question and memorize the system.<\/li>\n<li>Do plenty of practice problems until you have each concept memorized. Find more in the textbook if you don\u2019t have enough.<\/li>\n<li>Check over each problem three times to catch any errors.<\/li>\n<li>Putting numbers in a calculator is difficult. Check your numbers three times.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t rush. Take it slow.<\/li>\n<li>Get one-on-one help from a tutor at the Learning Center.<\/li>\n<li>Find a YouTube video for help working through problems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Foreign Language Classes<\/strong>: You will be one of the best speakers in the class! Reading and writing will be a challenge, though.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Memorize spelling using colors that break the word up into chunks.<\/li>\n<li>If you make it sound funny, it will help you remember it.<\/li>\n<li>Rewrite words in color every day.<\/li>\n<li>Memorize what words mean. Write the English meaning under foreign words.<\/li>\n<li>Listen to music and watch movies and TV shows in the language you are taking. 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