This book is intended to help language teachers to work effectively and successfully with students who have Specific Learning Differences (Sp LDs). It enables teachers to gain a thorough understanding of the nature of Sp LDs and how these affect both general learning processes and the mechanisms of second language acquisition. In addition, the book explores the particular inclusive methods and techniques of teaching and assessment that foster success in language learning. Language teaching is embedded in a wider social and educational context, and therefore the book also provides an in-depth discussion of general educational issues related to identifying and disclosing disabilities and to making transitions from one institution to the other.
The content has been thoroughly updated and revised for the second edition, particularly in the areas of inclusive pedagogies, new evidence-based methods and tools for identifying Sp LDs, and new conceptualisations of neurodiversity. The book also includes the latest research on assessment, transition and progression, and the impact of Sp LDs on additional language learning.
Tabella dei contenuti
Preface
Chapter 1. Discourses of Disability in Education
Chapter 2. What are Specific Learning Differences?
Chapter 3. The Impact of Sp LDs on Learning Additional Languages
Chapter 4. Identification and Disclosure
Chapter 5. Inclusive Language Teaching
Chapter 6. Techniques for Inclusive Language Teaching
Chapter 7. Assessment of the Language Skills of Language Learners with Sp LDs
Chapter 8. Transition and Progression
Appendices
References
Index
Circa l’autore
Anne Margaret Smith is a specialist tutor and assessor for students with Sp LDs. She is the editor of Activities for Inclusive Language Teaching: Valuing Diversity in the ELT Classroom (Delta Publishing, 2020). Her company ELT Well offers advice and training for teachers and assessors who want to explore the overlap between language learning and Sp LDs.
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