LEARNING DISABILITY ON ISHAAN, DYSLEXIC CHARACTER PORTRAYED IN THE MOVIE “LIKE STARS ON EARTH”

Authors : Somariah FİTRİANİ, Sherly FELİNA

Pages : 347-364

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Publication Date : 2018-12-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Lifespan development disorders are psychological disorder, which are characterized by abnormal development. It is a severe development delay that occurs to certain people.   Since learning disability is one of major lifespan development disorders und e r a p s y c hol i n g uis t ic umb r e l l a , this study aims to elaborate and a n a l y s e learning disability of d y s l e x ia suf fe re d b y Ishaan, the main c h a r a c t e r in “ Like Stars on Earth” movie as the unit analysis. The two primary objectives are   insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1); to identify dyslexia symptoms ; and insert ignore into journalissuearticles values( 2); to describe the problems and its effect due to his dyslexia . This study adopted a descriptive qualitative approach by using content analysis method since it e m ph a si z e d o n d e s c ribi n g the p h e nom en a of d y sle x ia on texts, and scenes of the movie. Mor e ov e r, the findings were presented in the form of table and narrative or textual description . The findings r e v ea led that firstly, of 37 symptoms of dyslexia , 31 symptoms o cc u rred in Ishaan . S ec ondly, Ishaan experienced all types of emotional and social problems . It is inferred that dyslexics needs to get the support from parents, teachers and people surrounding to find out their truly other talents to improve their self confidence as early as possible. In addition, specific holistic approach dealing with social and emotional problem conjunction with education aspect must be provided as well.  
Keywords : Psychological disorder, Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, social aspect