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Autism Children and English Vocabulary Learning: A Qualitative Inquiry of the Challenges They Face in Their English Vocabulary Learning Journey

Language learning is one of the most important aspects of an individual’s life development and growth. Normal learners’ English language acquisition differs depending on their preferences and learning styles. Children with autism, on the other hand, appear to have different learning methods and rout...

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Autores principales: Hashim, Haida Umiera, Yunus, Melor Md, Norman, Helmi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9140079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35626806
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9050628
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description Language learning is one of the most important aspects of an individual’s life development and growth. Normal learners’ English language acquisition differs depending on their preferences and learning styles. Children with autism, on the other hand, appear to have different learning methods and routines. There has been a lot of previous work on the language learning styles of normal learners, but not much on the language learning path of children with autism. Due to that, this study aims at investigating the challenges children with autism face in their English vocabulary learning. Observations and focus group discussions were conducted with 45 children with autism, 4 autism education teachers, 2 occupational therapists and a parent of children with mild autism children to investigate the challenges autism children face in their vocabulary learning. The findings have gathered that autistic children encounter a few challenges occasionally in their English vocabulary learning journey. The data were gathered and arranged thematically. Further recommendations and suggestions are discussed in this study.
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spelling pubmed-91400792022-05-28 Autism Children and English Vocabulary Learning: A Qualitative Inquiry of the Challenges They Face in Their English Vocabulary Learning Journey Hashim, Haida Umiera Yunus, Melor Md Norman, Helmi Children (Basel) Article Language learning is one of the most important aspects of an individual’s life development and growth. Normal learners’ English language acquisition differs depending on their preferences and learning styles. Children with autism, on the other hand, appear to have different learning methods and routines. There has been a lot of previous work on the language learning styles of normal learners, but not much on the language learning path of children with autism. Due to that, this study aims at investigating the challenges children with autism face in their English vocabulary learning. Observations and focus group discussions were conducted with 45 children with autism, 4 autism education teachers, 2 occupational therapists and a parent of children with mild autism children to investigate the challenges autism children face in their vocabulary learning. The findings have gathered that autistic children encounter a few challenges occasionally in their English vocabulary learning journey. The data were gathered and arranged thematically. Further recommendations and suggestions are discussed in this study. MDPI 2022-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9140079/ /pubmed/35626806 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9050628 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Autism Children and English Vocabulary Learning: A Qualitative Inquiry of the Challenges They Face in Their English Vocabulary Learning Journey
title_sort autism children and english vocabulary learning: a qualitative inquiry of the challenges they face in their english vocabulary learning journey
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9140079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35626806
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9050628
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