A number of weeks ago, I listed the clues I used with a learner who was confused by the words that are similar to her.  This week I had a student who was confused by the words him, his and her.  The words our and your cause similar confusion.  These reading errors are common for individuals who have a right/left discrimination problem that makes it difficult for them to remember items that are similar. 

   The technique for dealing with these confusables is weighted learning.  This technique involves finding a way to distinguish between the words that are confusing and weighting one word so that the student knows that one; if it is not the known word, then it is the other word.  In the example of his and her given above, a person can think of the i pointing up and think that most males are taller than females.  If the confusing word has an i in it, it is male, his or him rather than the other word that refers to a female.  Her does not have an i.