analysis of the techniques used to teach english to a fifth grader with attentional deficit disorder...

ANALYSIS OF THE TECHNIQUES USED TO

TEACH ENGLISH TO A FIFTH GRADE

STUDENT WITH ATTENTIONAL DEFICIT

DISORDER AT ESCUELA EL RECREO

Ivette Vargas López

Maribel Chacón Castillo

Licenciatura en Enseñanza del Inglés

INTRODUCTION

The difficulties of the students with Attentional Deficit Disorder to learn

English skills in the institutions is a reality.

Students are not able to comprehend English because they have

disorders with the acquisition of the language and the performance of the

objectives of the Ministry of Education.

Teachers must follow the syllabus prepared for the government, it

pretends students get the language as the same way to the others

students, follow instructions to do different tasks or understand socio-

cultural context.

This investigation presents the weakness of students and teachers when

they are learning and teaching the language and analyze the appropriate

teaching techniques to teach English.

JUSTIFICATION

Teachers every day must treat a lot of children in the same class,every student is different and each of them has several needs.Teachers must be attentive with each student and try to solveeach student necessity.

There are students with Attentional Deficit Disorder and it is oneof the most common special needs that teachers must treat.Escuela El Recreo is not the exception to this kind of disorder;teachers must adapt and teach the classes to one of the studentswho is ADD.

INSTITUTIONESCUELA EL RECREO

Source: Escuela El Recreo

PROBLEM STATEMENT

How is the process of teaching – learning Englishto a fifth grader student with Attentional deficitdisorder from Escuela El Recreo?

OBJECTIVES

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To analyze the techniques used to teach English to a fifth

grader with ADD from Escuela El Recreo developing aproposal that facilitates the process 2016.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: To identify Attentional Deficit Disorder Students English

Skills

To describe weakness and strengths in students withAttentional Deficit Disorder

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

To describe techniques used by English professors instudents with Attentional Deficit Disorder.

To determine assertive techniques to teach English toAttentional Deficit Disorder Students.

To propose strategies for English Teachers based on thereinforcement of the attention in ADD students.

VARIABLES

ADD students English skills

Weakness and strengths in students with

ADD

Techniques used by English professors in

students with ADD

Assertive techniques to teach English to ADD

students.

Methodology

In language teaching has been characterized ina variety of ways. A more or less classicalformulation suggests that methodology is thatwhich links theory and practice.

Investigation

Researchis a profound process in search oftruth or reality. According to definitionspresented the Royal Spanish Academy, Pérez, J& Gardey, A. (2008), it refers to the act ofcarrying out strategies to discover something.

Subject

The subject is a fifth grade Attentional DeficitDisorder student from Escuela El Recreo, thestudent is 11 years old. Professors are informantsin the research and the purpose is todemonstrate appropriate teaching techniques toteach English to student with ADD

SOURCES OF INFORMATION It is called sources of information to various types of documents that contain useful

data to meet a demand for information or knowledge.

PRIMARY SOURCES

Primary sources are used, there is direct contact with people such as the student,professors among others. The ADD student is the first source of information,observations, interviews and questionnaires are used to develop the information.

SECONDARY SOURCES

Secondary sources are used such as books to get the appropriate information. In thisresearch the secondary sources as files and records are not used.

TERTIARY SOURCES

Information in this investigation is taken from internet for instance tertiary sources areused in the research.

Population

A fifth grade Atentional Deficit student fromEscuela El Recreo is the total subject thatparticipate in this research. The student iseleven years old; the student has AtentionalDefict Disorder.

Sample

In the research A fifth grade Atentional Deficitstudent of El Escuela El Recreo and theprofessors can generate data to develop theprocess and will become in the sample in theinvestigation.

INSTRUMENTS TO COLLECT DATA

With the purpose to analyze the study it isnecessary to take into account informationthat has been collected by questionnaires orinterviews.

OBSERVATIONObservation is a method of collectingdata in which members of researchteams observe and record behaviors.

INTERVIEWFor this study the interview was madeface to face with the teachers, whoshared their experiences with previousclasses.

QUESTIONNAIREThe main way of collecting this information is

by asking people questions through oralinterviews, or by self-administeredquestionnaires.

VARIABLES RESULTS

CHART NO 1. TEACHERS CONSIDER THAT THEY HAVE TO BE UPDATED ABOUTTECHNIQUES TO REINFORCE THE STUDENTS LEARNING

Source : Chacón Maribel, Vargas Ivette, 2016

ANSWER QUANTITY PERCENTAJE

Strongly agree 2 66.67

Agree 1 33.33

Disagree 0 00.00

Strongly disagree 0 00.00

CHART NO 2. OPINION OF TEACHERS ABOUT IF THE ADD STUDENT NEEDS CURRICULAR ACCOMODATIONS IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND BETTER THE MATTER




Agree 0 00.00

Disagree 0 00.00



CHART NO 3. TEACHERS OPINION ABOUT IF THE ADDSTUDENT SHOWS INTEREST ABOUT THE SUBJECTS



Agree 1 33.33

Disagree 0 00.00



CHART NO 4 TEACHERS OPINION ABOUT IF IT IS NECESSARY TOKNOW THE ABILITIES AND INTERESTS OF THE ADD STUDENTS FORTEACHING



Agree 0 00.00

Disagree 0 00.00



CHART NO 5. TEACHERS OPINION ABOUT IF IT IS NECESSARY TO KNOWTHE LIMITATIONS OF THE ADD STUDENTS FOR TEACHING



Agree 2 66.67

Disagree 0 00.00

Strongly Disagree 0 00.00


CHART NO 6. TEACHERS OPINION ABOUT IF IT IS NECESSARY TOHAVE BASIC KNOWLEDGE IN ADD FOR TEACHING



Agree 1 33.33

Disagree 0 00.00


CONCLUSIONSADD STUDENTS ENGLISH SKILLS

ADD Students have hyperactivity problems, this condition could be a real factor to takeinto account and not to take that as a problem

Everything is not negative; positive things could happen with students ADD.

WEAKNESS AND STRENGTHS IN STUDENTS WITH ADD

Students with ADD present difficulties to start, organize and relevant tasks; giving pooranswers in content and quality.

Between the strengths, ADD students have associative thinking, quick thinking, andthey could be multitask and a good leader.

TECHNIQUES USED BY ENGLISH PROFESSORS IN STUDENTS WITH ADD

The techniques the professors use in students with ADD are important to teachadequately and they could be a grateful help.

ASSERTIVE TECHNIQUES TO TEACH ENGLISH TO ADD STUDENTS.

The techniques need to be assertive and useful by the use of reinforcement stimulusand increase individual abilities and develop self-steem.

RECOMMENDATIONS

ADD STUDENTS ENGLISH SKILLS

Try to take the last minutes of the class to check if they finish.Give the opportunity to do homeworks by parts,Create a study schedule and respect IPut limits and give them the opportunity to be a leader in the class,Try to increase their abilities by games, puzzles, reading books among others.

WEAKNESS AND STRENGTHS IN STUDENTS WITH ADD

Establish behavior rules, explain with simple vocabulary.Applaud the children intention to do good things.Keep in contact with the parents, weekly report is useful from the teacher.

RECOMMENDATIONS

TECHNIQUES USED BY ENGLISH PROFESSORS IN STUDENTS WITH ADD

Stimulate their talent areas,Assign a leader role when there is hyperactivity ,Send positive notes to them and their parents recognizing their goals.

ASSERTIVE TECHNIQUES TO TEACH ENGLISH TO ADD STUDENTS

Comprehend the behavior of the student.To do specific interventions to modify behaviors.Analyze and look the solution for students with ADD learn as theothers students.

PROPOSAL

The proposal consist in suggestion of a serie of strategies by amanual for professors to improve the attention in ADD students.

It is important to show ADD students can speak and communicatethemselves in the right way.

Children with ADD find difficult to focus, but they can learntechniques to improve their concentration.

It is important that teachers can explain tasks in the correct way andto catch the student’s attention, teaching through games is helpful,the rules, the evolution of the game and also that winning or losing ispart of the dynamic could help in the development of the learning.