Dyslexia 2010

Bryan & Bryan (Rahman, 1999: 204), called dyslexia as a syndrome, difficulty in studying the components of words and sentences, to integrate the components of words and sentences and in learning all thing regarding the time, direction and period. Meanwhile, according to Lerner as quoted by Mercer (1979: 200), defines difficulty learning to read varies, but all point to the disruption of brain function.

According to Mercer (1983: 309), there are four groups of characteristics difficulty learning to read, namely: (a) in respect of the habit of reading, (b) mistakes to know the word, (c) The fallacy of understanding, and (d) Miscellaneous symptoms. Myklebust & Johnson, mentioning features of dyslexic children: (a) experienced a shortfall in the visual and auditory memory, both short-term memory (short-time memory) and long-term (long time memory), (b) have trouble remembering the data, such as remembering the day -days a week, (c) have a problem in recognizing the left and right, (d) have a deficiency in understanding of time, (e) if requested to draw often incomplete; (f) are poor in spelling; (g) difficult to interpret globes , maps or charts; (h) lack of coordination and balance; (i) difficulties in learning to count, and, (j) the difficulty in learning a foreign language. Vernon added, difficulty behavior of children learning to read can be characterized by: (a) have a deficiency in visual discrimination, (b) is not able to analyze words into the letters, (c) have a deficiency in visual memory, (d) has a weakness in the conduct auditory discrimination, (e) is not able to understand symbol sound; (f) less able to integrate the vision with hearing loss, (g) difficulties in studying the association of irregular symbols (especially in English), (h) difficulties in the sort of words and letters; (i) difficulty reading it word for word, and (j) lack the ability to think conceptually.

In fact, reading difficulties experienced by 2-8% of primary school children. A condition, whereby when a child or student does not pass or be hesitant in reading; read without rhythm (monotone), it is difficult to spell, know the word error; deletion, insertion, inversion, one said, changing places, and reading twitching, difficulty understand; theme paragraph or story, a lot of wrong answer associated with the reading, as well as unusual patterns of reading in children.

Furthermore, experts argue that people with dyslexia also experience the inability to distinguish and separate the sounds of spoken words. For example, Asti can not understand the meaning of the word "bat" (bats) and even spelling out the letters one by one to form the word: "b (some, in English pronounced" bi "), 'a' (in English pronounced" e ') and' t '(ti, in English pronounced "tu). Dyslexia sufferers also have difficulty in saying the game sounds like, like one saying "paint" with "bat". Later, scientists found that these basic skills useful in the process of learning to read. Fortunately, today's experts have developed methods that can help children with dyslexia.

Nevertheless, the more difficult reading than recognizing words. If the brain is not able to connect the new ideas that have been received is stored in memory, then the reader unable to understand or to remember new concepts. So, in a higher level, reading comprehension difficulties can move from simply recognizing the words in a complete sentence. Children who suffer from reading disorders may soon forget the words he had just read, so that eventually he could not understand what is about to be disclosed by the sentence.