Jonathan Brown of Milton Keynes, UK, has struggled with dyslexia for many years. But he's found that studying the Klingon language from Star Trek very helpful for coping with it:
You can't go wrong by choosing to study Klingon. At one point, just a couple decades ago, it was the fastest growing language in the world!
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He explained how he has always had difficulty with reading and also has what he describes as "name blindness" but while doing this work he realised that he could use a different part of his brain.
"Dyslexia is not something you get over, you live with it. It's not necessarily a hindrance, you just learn different ways to pick things up.
"Working on the translation has helped me understand where I've been having problems all my life with languages, I realised I'd been trying to remember the words in the name part of my brain and because I can't remember names, I can't remember the words.
"With the Klingon language games used on the CD, I tended to put words into a different place and it went into my long term memory.
You can't go wrong by choosing to study Klingon. At one point, just a couple decades ago, it was the fastest growing language in the world!
Link -via blastr | Image: Paramount
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Kapla!
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If the language follows a different logic and grammar pattern it makes sense to me.
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Good for him that it helps, but his rationalisation sounds completely made up.
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