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Special educational needs and initial teacher training: The modern languages dimension
Author(s) -
ASHER COLIN,
CHAMBERS GARY N.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
support for learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1467-9604
pISSN - 0268-2141
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9604.1994.tb00172.x
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , dimension (graph theory) , presentation (obstetrics) , psychology , subject (documents) , mathematics education , foreign language , pedagogy , computer science , mathematics , radiology , medicine , artificial intelligence , library science , pure mathematics
A commonly held belief is that children with learning difficulties are incapable of learning a foreign language. This persists in spite of growing evidence to the contrary. The problem lies not so much with the nature of the subject but with its presentation. Colin Asher and Gary Chambers have explored this area with students using a variety of stimulating techniques. There are no miracles to report but there were noticeable gains in achievement and confidence. Similarly, the student teachers appear to have been stimulated by the experience.