Teaching English to People with Learning Disabilities - A Sensitive and Effective Pedagogy

Teaching English to People with Learning Disabilities: A Sensitive and Effective Pedagogy

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Aimee Concepcion Chavez | 2023 | ISBN: 177469395X | English | 240 pages | True PDF | 11 MB

This book takes the readers through several aspects of teaching students with learning disabilities. This book sheds light on the several characteristics of teachers who give their time to teaching students with various learning disabilities. The first chapter stresses the basic overview of teaching students with learning disabilities so that the readers are clear about the philosophies behind that form the utmost basics in the field. This chapter will also emphasize signs, principles, and various teaching methods for the teachers who teach students with LD. The second chapter takes the readers through the various strategies that play a major role in teaching students with LD. This chapter will provide highlights on the various key topics such as definition and benefits of various learning strategies, models of learning strategies instruction, and effective teaching strategies for students with LD. Then, the third chapter explains the concepts of learning disabilities - neurological bases, clinical features, and strategies of intervention. It also explains the epistemological ambiguities of the field, neural correlates in learning disabilities, and identifying and remediating dyslexia in kindergarten and the foundation year. The fourth chapter introduces the readers to the philosophy behind the language teaching. This chapter also explains the importance of phases of teaching, qualities of a good language teacher, and history of language teaching. The fifth chapter throws light on how to engage learners with complex learning disabilities. This chapter contains learning disabilities and mathematics, students' difficulties related to comprehension of text, and application of assistive technology adaptations to include students with learning disabilities in cooperative learning activities. The sixth chapter takes the readers through the concept of second language acquisition - pedagogies, practices, and perspectives. The readers are then told about teaching the prosody of emotive communication in a second language, foundations of second language acquisition, and the linguistics of second language acquisition. In the last chapter of this book, sheds light on the challenges and opportunities in teaching students with learning disabilities. This chapter also mentions the challenges and opportunities for students with learning disabilities in social studies and history, instructional and structural challenges, and what a teacher can do for students with learning disabilities.

This book has been designed to suit the knowledge and pursuit of the researcher and scholars and to empower them with various aspects of teaching students with learning disabilities (LD), so that they are updated with the information. I hope that the readers find the book explanatory and insightful and that this book is referred to by scholars across various fields.