Shin, Jaran . 2013. Predictors of Dyslexia for Korean-English Bilinguals in the U.S.: A Literature Review . Language Information . Volume 16. 05-23.
Identifying bilingual children’s dyslexia can be challenging because teasing apart their L2 reading developmental progress from signals of dyslexia is not easy. Although Koreans rank as one of the largest immigrant groups in the U.S. and a greater number of Korean children has recently flowed into the country, only a handful of studies have examined Korean children’s English reading profiles and L2 dyslexic patterns. Thus, this paper reviews the literature on predictors of dyslexia for Korean-English bilingual children by discussing the characteristics of Korean and English, examining predictors of dyslexia in monolingual Korean and English speakers, and comparing and contrasting those predictors. This piece will help to: (a) understand potential challenges that Korean children learning English may face, (b) suggest more reliable ways to assess their reading performance and diagnose their dyslexia in L2 (i.e. English), and (c) envision ways to support them at the societal level. (The University of California, Berkeley)
Key words
: Dyslexia, Reading Difficulty, Predictors, Korean-English Bilinguals, ESL