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Dyslexia and learning mother tongue
It can be challenging to pick up Chinese, Malay and Tamil in an English-speaking environment, and this is even more so for dyslexic kids
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When 12-year-old Ariel Mok was struggling with Chinese-language classes in primary school, she realised it was linked to her dyslexia.
Ariel, who is now in Secondary 1, started taking Chinese-language classes at the Dyslexia Association of Singapore (DAS) in Primary 5. She also went for Chinese remedial classes in school.
