A Technology for Assisting Literacy Development in Adults with Dyslexia and Illiterate Second Language Learners

Cristani, Matteo; Maso, Serena Dal; Piccinin, Sabrina; Tomazzoli, Claudio; Vedovato, Marco; Vender, Maria

doi:10.1007/978-981-16-2834-4_40

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“…With respect to the intervention, the linguistic training was administered through a web-application with literacy activities differentiated based on the participants' profile and their specific needs [34].…”

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Facilitating Sustainable Career Development in Fragility: A Psycho-Linguistic Intervention for Employability of Individuals with Fragile Literacy Skills

Sartori,

Tommasi,

Abu Hamam

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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The brief report examines the burgeoning interest in sustainable career development by discussing the role of employability of individuals with fragile literacy skills, i.e., second-language learners (L2), and individuals with developmental dyslexia (DD). Considering sustainable career development as the umbrella of practices facilitating individuals flourishing, we aim to present an integrated flexible intervention to promote the employability of individuals with fragile literacy skills (DD and L2) that combines both the promotion of linguistic skills and psychological resources. Using an experimental research design, we tested our training intervention on language skills (reading and writing) coupled with psychological training intended to enhance psychological resources and psychological capital. A total of 38 individuals with DD took part in our examination (n = 22 in the experimental group) and n = 26 L2 (n = 11 in the experimental group). We measured employability skills and psychological capital pre and post our interventions both in the control and in the experimental groups. Our result show that the intervention led to a significant improvement in L2 and DD. We discuss our results and implications for research and practice.

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confidence: 99%