Open AccessBody Language as a Communicative Aid amongst Language Impaired Students: Managing Disabilities
Author(s) -
Nnenna Gertrude Ezeh,
Ojel Clara Anidi,
Basil O. Nwokolo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
english language teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-4750
pISSN - 1916-4742
DOI - 10.5539/elt.v14n6p125
Subject(s) - psychology , language assessment , body language , coping (psychology) , language acquisition , process (computing) , comprehension approach , language education , linguistics , pedagogy , mathematics education , communication , computer science , philosophy , psychiatry , operating system
Language impairment is a condition of impaired ability in expressing ideas, information, needs and in understanding what others say. In the teaching and learning of English as a second language, this disability poses a lot of difficulties for impaired students as well as the teacher in the pedagogic process. Pathologies and other speech/language interventions have aided such students in coping with language learning; however, this study explores another dimension of aiding impaired students in an ESL situation: the use of body language. The study adopts a quantitative methodology in assessing the role of body language as a learning tool amongst language/speech impaired students. It was discovered that body language aids students to manage speech disabilities and to achieve effective communication; this helps in making the teaching and learning situation less cumbersome.