Worlds Apart?
Subtitle: Disability and Foreign Language Learning
Contributors: Tammy Berberi (Editor); Elizabeth C. Hamilton (Editor); Ian M. Sutherland (Editor)
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: January 28, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780300116304
Subjects: Modern languages (ie other than English); Teaching of a specific subject; Teaching of those with special educational needs; Education Of Students With Learning Disabilities; Methods Of Instruction In Special Education; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Language; General; Linguistics; Study & Teaching; Language Arts & Disciplines / Study & Teaching; Special Education - General; Language and languages; Students with disabilities; Study and teaching
Description: "As increasing numbers of students with disabilities enter our colleges and universities, faculty members are asking for precisely the combination of theory, methods, and hands-on experience offered in World's Apart? Disability and Foreign Language Learning." "This collection of essays dispels any stigma surrounding disability in the classroom and confronts unacceptably high rates of attrition among college students with disabilities today. The authors propose a range of strategies for enabling the success of every student, highlighting practical approaches to all levels of language study, from beginning through advanced courses to study abroad." "By exploring the ways that disability is both universal and culturally conditioned, Worlds Apart? prompts us to examine critically the institutional environment in which our students learn."--Jacket.