Students with special educational needs characterization - examples and useful instructions for english language teachers

Abstract

It is essential to point out that English language teachers have to be aware o f their responsibilities they have to students with special educational needs. Even if English language teachers are very good at English grammar, they have a large range of vocabulary, highly developed listening and speaking skills, and are excellent at lesson planning and know a lot o f teaching methods; they still can discourage students with special educational needs from learning English language. If they do not acquire specialized knowledge and training related to different kinds o f children’s development impairments and disorders, they are not able to understand these children needs and identify students’ problems in their development and learning process. If they are not able to do so, they will not be ready to organize favorable school circumstances for children with special educational needs at their English lessons.