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| Title | Assisting a Linguistically Different Learner with Special Needs |
| Body | From: "Hsiao Liu" As a service to the field, NCELA regularly announces new materials and resources, commercial and otherwise. These notifications are in no way intended as an endorsement of any product. Readers are encouraged to closely examine materials for their appropriateness for the local population and their alignment with program goals. * Assisting a Linguistically Different Learner with Special Needs "When confronted with a challenging issue, educators must make efforts to use the best practices available to accommodate the learner" (Schoen & Schoen, 2003, p. 21). Confronted with the challenge of improving the English language skills of a fourth-grader from Korea with learning disabilities, educators Schoen and Schoen decided to take an action research approach. The study they conducted was designed to understand how to address the needs of one learner. Data were collected through: 1) interviews with the student, his parents and his teacher; 2) multiple measures of progress, including anecdotal records, writing samples, and results of the Botel Sight Vocabulary Test; 3) research on cultural, personality and learning differences; and 4) a review of literature on effective strategies for teaching English as a second language. Schoen and Schoen also "...decided to introduce the whole class to strategies that enhance language development and understanding..." (p. 18) such as storytelling, cooperative learning, advance organizers, and Total Physical Response. From this process, the authors found ways to provide better one-to-one instruction within the classroom. "Action Research in the Classroom: Assisting a Linguistically Different Learner with Special Needs," by Sharon Schoen and Alexis Schoen, appears in TEACHING Exceptional Children (Volume 35, 3: 16-21, Jan/Feb 2003), a publication of the Council for Exceptional Children. 1110 North Glebe Road, Suite 300 Arlington, Virginia 22201-5704 Web: www.cec.sped.org/ |
| Source | OELA NEWSLINE - July 15, 2003 |
| Inputdate | 2003-07-16 12:22:00 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2003-07-16 12:22:00 |
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