Supporting English Language Teachers in Teaching Autistic Primary School Learners

• Authors: Alicja Gałązka , Marta Dick-Bursztyn

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the paper is the presentation of the complex problem of a lifelong developmental disorder, known as Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD), in the context of inclusive education offered to these students in general, and in teaching of English as a Foreign Language in particular. First, the theories and typical symptoms of autism will be outlined, followed by examining the behaviours that enable teachers to recognise these form of disorders during lessons at school. Next we review some strategies and teaching techniques that may prove efficient and successful in the ELT classroom for both teachers and autistic students. Finally, we concentrate on the analysis of the data collected as a result of a small-scale qualitative study conducted among a group of EL teachers involved in teaching autistic learners. The study was designed with the purpose of interviewing teachers about the efficiency and successfulness of the currently recommended teaching techniques in their classrooms with ASD students.

Keywords

EN

autism; ASD; inclusive education; special educational needs (SEN); English language teaching

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 58
• Pages: 191-207

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Alicja Gałązka

• University of Silesia in Katowice

author

Marta Dick-Bursztyn

• University of Rzeszów

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.19.58.4.15

Biblioteka Nauki

1967517