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TEFL/TESOL for Students with Special Needs: For EFL Student Teachers

Research Authors
Mahmoud Mohammad Sayed Abdallah
Research Date
Research Department
Research Publisher
Faculty of Education, Assiut University, Egypt
Research Rank
Book
Research Vol
ERIC - No: ED557723
Research Website
https://eric.ed.gov/?q=mahmoud+abdallah&id=ED557723
Research Year
2015
Research Pages
163
Research Abstract

"Special education" has become a prominent field that needs some attention in pre-service teacher education programmes offered by educational and teacher training institutions (e.g. Egyptian colleges of education at university). Like normal students, students with special educational needs (e.g. physical and mental disabilities, learning difficulties, emotional disturbances, language and communication problems, etc.) have the right to learn and succeed like normal learners. Therefore, the main goal of this course is to acquaint EFL student teachers with the concept of special education, and hence the methods, strategies and/or techniques that can be used for teaching English as a foreign language to learners with specific learning disabilities/handicaps. According to the new college by-laws, this course is offered to both 3rd-year EFL student teachers (General English Programme) and senior (4th-year) EFL student teachers (Elementary-Education English Programme). Teaching of different language aspects/skills to students with special education needs are discussed. These include strategies and/or techniques used for teaching vocabulary, grammar, listening, speaking, reading and writing. Moreover, a focus is given to "Multiple Intelligences-Based Instruction" as a flexible learning-styles-based teaching framework that can be used in this context. All Course information in the initial pages of the book is based on new regulations (college bylaws, recently modified in 2013).