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Schreibmotorik

English translation: Graphomotor skills

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German term or phrase:Schreibmotorik
English translation:Graphomotor skills

14:50 Feb 7, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Linguistics / Speech therapy
German term or phrase: Schreibmotorik
Therapieprogramm fuer Legastheniker
"Je nach Einzelfall werden Elemente aus verschiedenen Ansaetzen in das Gesamtkonzept der therapeutischen Intervention integriert:
-medizinisch-neurologisch begruendete wie Foerderung der Auge-Hand-Koordination, Verbesserung der Schreibmotorik, Training der auditiven und visuellen Faehigkeiten durch Uebungen an audio-visuellen Geraeten, sprechmotorische und Artikulationsuebungen, multi-sensorielle Vorgehensweise, d.h. Einbeziehung aller Sinne in der Wahrnehmungs- verarbeitung, Uebungen zur Raumorientierung, ...

Oxford-Duden and LEO did not have any terms. Relating Websites have shown term "motor function"...
swk607984
Local time: 10:01
Graphomotor skills
Explanation:
I found quite a few references to graphomotor skills, which is part of the fine motor skills, but defined specifically to writing, which the German term does. Otherwise, they would have used "Feinmotorik", which includes a variety of functions that involve your hands, not only writing.
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Gisela Greenlee
Local time: 10:01
Grading comment
Thank you so much. I feel this is the absolure correct term.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4Graphomotor skills
Gisela Greenlee
4 +2fine motor skills
Iain Neilson (X)
4motor skills needed to produce legible writing
Kim Metzger


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
fine motor skills


Explanation:
Not 100% sure, but I think it's the closest term in English

Iain Neilson (X)
Local time: 16:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Thanks for responding. While the term is close I chose graphomotor skills.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Melanie Nassar: perhaps with the addition "necessary for writing" to distinguish from Feinmotorik
32 mins
agree  danilingua: Feinmotorik IST Schreiben :-). Wenn die Feinmotorik nicht passt, geht auch Schreiben nicht. Mein Sohn hat 3 Jahre lang Therapie erhalten, Grob/Feinmotorik und Logopädie :-). Do I know about motor skills...
1 hr
  -> Been there, done that: nice t-shirt, by the way...
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Comment: Thanks for responding. While the term is close I chose graphomotor skills.

20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
motor skills needed to produce legible writing


Explanation:
improvement of the motor skills needed to produce legible writing




    TESOL Techniques and Procedures
    Reference: http://eumie.pa-linz.ac.at/de/material/download/ea_glos2001....
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 09:01
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 123
Grading comment
Thanks for responding.
While ist was correct, the answer was to lenghty for my contact.
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Comment: Thanks for responding.
While ist was correct, the answer was to lenghty for my contact.

1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Graphomotor skills


Explanation:
I found quite a few references to graphomotor skills, which is part of the fine motor skills, but defined specifically to writing, which the German term does. Otherwise, they would have used "Feinmotorik", which includes a variety of functions that involve your hands, not only writing.


    Reference: http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v3n1/marr.html
Gisela Greenlee
Local time: 10:01
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you so much. I feel this is the absolure correct term.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Iain Neilson (X): It certainly corresponds to "Schreibmotorik"...
1 hr
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agree  Fantutti (X): Absolutely!!
6 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  Hilary Davies Shelby: checked with a speech therapist friend
7 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  Brandis (X)
8 hrs
  -> Thank you
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