ICT as an Enhancing Tool of Foreign Language Teaching Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Sciendo, a company of De Gruyter Poland. 32 Zuga Street., 01-811 Warsaw, Poland. Tel:+48-22-701-5015; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: https://www.sciendo.com

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Second Language Instruction; Information Technology; Children; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Asperger Syndrome; Language Skills; Students with Disabilities; Foreign Countries; Visual Learning; Elementary School Students; Handwriting; Psychomotor Skills; Academic Accommodations (Disabilities); Early Adolescents; English (Second Language); Technology Integration

10.2478/ijicte-2019-0004

1805-3726

This paper reports on teaching/learning a foreign language of children having autistic spectrum disorders (ASD), particularly Highly functioning autism and Asperger's syndrome by virtue of help of ICT. The content includes theoretical background of the strengths and weaknesses of ASD students. It also includes research on four foreign language skills--listening, speaking, reading and writing of the examined group and provides proposals for farther investigation.

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2019

EJ1224657