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| Contentid | 6131 |
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| Content Type | 1 |
| Title | Report on Foreign Languages and Students with Special Needs in Europe |
| Body | From http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/lang/languages_en.html . SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN EUROPE: THE TEACHING & LEARNING OF LANGUAGES TEACHING LANGUAGES TO LEARNERS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS EUROPEAN COMMISSION January 2005 Overview of Report: Chapter 1, Overview, provides an overview of specific special needs education fields: cognition and learning difficulties; emotional, behavioral and social difficulties; communication and interaction difficulties; and sensory and physical difficulties. It also includes comment on issues relating to diagnosis and labeling, and choice of target languages. Chapter 2, Insights, examines good practice in the teaching of foreign languages to SEN pupils in relation to diverse abilities and disabilities. This is done through extensive inclusion of expert input from across Europe and beyond. It opens with set of stakeholder statements reflecting the views of pupils, parents, teachers and others. This is followed by an examination of generic perspectives, professional support resources, and testing. Chapter 3, Innovations, provides examples of good practice and innovation through selected case profiles covering generic and specific SEN fields. Chapter 4, Generic Features of Good Practice, acts as a form of overall conclusion on good practice in terms of SEN and foreign language learning. Chapter 5, Added Value, summarizes the arguments for full inclusion into foreign language learning provision by SEN pupils. Chapter 6 contains proposals for further development, and recommendations for action. Contributor profiles, original non-English language contributions and information on European internet site links and resources on special needs, disabilities and learning difficulties follow. The report is available at http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/lang/doc/special_en.pdf . |
| Source | European Commission |
| Inputdate | 2007-04-29 09:52:08 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2007-04-29 09:52:08 |
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| Publishdate | 2007-04-30 00:00:00 |
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