A.J. van Berkel

List of John Benjamins publications for which A.J. van Berkel plays a role.

What makes it possible for learners of English as a second language to learn how to spell this complex system, without any instruction about phoneme-grapheme correspondences or rules? The author shows that a graphotactic description of English orthography reveals many systematic visual patterns.… read more
The article centres around the questions of how the written form of words in a foreign language is normally acquired, and how the learning process of dyslexic pupils can be described. A phase model is presented of the way reading and writing are learnt in the mother tongue, incorporating several… read more
Berkel, A.J. van 1986 Spellingproblemen In Een Vreemde TaalPsycholinguistiek en taalstoornissen, pp. 127–137 | Article
After a brief exposition of the learning of spelling in the mother tongue this process is compared with the learning of spelling in a foreign language. On the basis of a number of examples the problems are discussed which weak spellers encounter in learning to spell in a foreign language. read more
Berkel, A.J. van en Jan H. Hulstijn 1985 Toegepaste Taalwetenschap Als Zelfstandige DisciplineToegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen 23, pp. 112–118 | Article
Berkel, A.J. van, Dora Dolle, Tineke v.d. Meij en André Sistermans 1984 Leren Lesgeven In FasenLeraren moderne vreemde talen: opleiding en praktijk, pp. 34–51 | Article
This article presents a model of training the foreign language teacher. Startingpoint is a phase model for the teaching of material presented in foreign language courses for the first two or three years in secondary education, to wit introduction phase, presentation phase, cognitive phase,… read more
Berkel, A.J. van 1983 Lezen LerenToegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen 17, pp. 251–254 | Article
Berkel, A.J. van 1983 Ernstige LeesproblemenToegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen 17, pp. 245–250 | Article
Berkel, A.J. van 1982 Leesvaardigheidsoefening in Het VTOToegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen 14, pp. 97–101 | Article