Jon Hird

Biogram

Jon Hird is a tutor at the University of Oxford, ELT materials writer and teacher trainer. He frequently gives teacher-training talks and workshops in the UK and overseas on a range of topics, including running a course for the University of Oxford on Dyslexia and Learning English. He has written and contributed to a number of ELT publications, including the newly published Spoken Grammar (Pavilion ELT), Oxford Learner’s Pocket Verbs and Tenses (OUP) and components of the Language Hub, Outcomes, Roadmap, Navigate, Keynote and Oxford EAP course book series. He has also over the last 15 years, written and adapted a range of materials for learners with dyslexia.

Dyslexia and Learning English: Literacy and wider issues

Dyslexia not only affects core literacy skills, but it can also result in wider issues relating to study and learning. This session aims to provide you with a broad understanding of what dyslexia is, how it can affect our learners and how we can approach our teaching and materials to ensure inclusivity and successful learning for all learners with dyslexia.

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