Teaching a foreing language to students with communication and language disorders : an intervention proposal

Abstract

This paper centers on the teaching of a foreign language to students with communication and language disorders. More specifically, it deals with disorders associated with the communicative field e.g. Selective/Elective mutism; language disorders e.g. Aphasia and Dysphasia; and speech disorders e.g. Dysphonia, Dyslalia, Dysglossia, Dysarthria, and Dysphemia. Therefore, I consider that this work can provide with useful information on how to teach students suffering these disorders. Firstly, as a non-native English speaker, researching on this particular area will help me in the sense that it will give me more knowledge about the teaching of English Grammar in general terms and about the disorders at stake. Secondly, as an early-stage researcher, I will become familiar with the procedure of reviewing scientific literature, collecting data, interpreting results and designing my own intervention proposal. Moreover, it has provided me with the opportunity to undertake research on topic of Attention to diversity, specifically on the communication and language disorders. I have selected this field given that researchers have worked on the topics of teaching English grammar, or Attention to diversity, or communication and language disorders. Nonetheless, I have found an information gap on how to teach a second language to students suffering language impairments.