ABSTRACT
This chapter: • will present a brief overview o f some characteristics o f written Welsh, pointing
out those most likely to cause difficulty • examines mistakes that Welsh children make when writing in Welsh • shows spelling and linguistic differences between English and Welsh which are
likely to be troublesome for all learners and for dyslexic learners in particular • offers some suggestions about how this contributes to our understanding about
children's learning in a bilingual situation and about the identification of dyslexia and its associated learning difficulties.
