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Our October InterCom series focuses on strategies that are inclusive of a diverse group of learners. Here are a few resources for learning how you can most effective teach students with special needs:

 

We have highlighted the specialeducationalneeds.com website before (http://caslsintercom.uoregon.edu/content/21811); this site is full of resources ranging from suggestions for inclusion to classroom-ready materials in some languages. Available at http://www.specialeducationalneeds.com/home

 

The Languages without Limits website “aims to support language teachers in their efforts to make effective provision for learners of all abilities. It takes as its starting point the conviction that second language learning is a gateway to significant personal benefits, that everyone can benefit, and that no-one should be excluded.” Available at http://languageswithoutlimits.co.uk/

 

In a few weeks we’ll be featuring a Topic of the Week article by the staff of Mobility International USA, an organization that empowers people with disabilities to achieve their human rights through international exchange and international development. We encourage you to browse their website and use their helpful search engine for resources: http://www.miusa.org/. 

 

Among MIUSA’s resources: 

• Learning Disabilities in English Language Learners: http://www.miusa.org/resource/bestpractice/learningenglish 

• Teaching English as a Second Language to Students with Learning Disabilities: http://www.miusa.org/resource/tipsheet/LD/ESL

• Language Learning: Conquering Disability Barriers of Another Kind: http://www.miusa.org/event/2016/ACTFL

• Teaching Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students Language: http://www.miusa.org/resource/tipsheet/Deaf/accesslanguages

• Teaching Languages to Blind and Visually Impaired Students: http://www.miusa.org/resource/tipsheet/teachingvi

 

A helpful book may be John Connor’s Addressing Special Educational Needs and Disability in the Curriculum: Modern Foreign Languages. Visit the publisher’s website at https://www.crcpress.com/Addressing-Special-Educational-Needs-and-Disability-in-the-Curriculum/Connor/p/book/9781138699281 and read a review of this book at http://frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2017/09/review-addressing-special-educational.html