THE USE OF AUTHENTIC MATERIALS WHILE TEACHING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO SEN STUDENTS
Ewelina Anna Kałuża
Zespół Szkół im. Władysława Szybińskiego w CieszynieKrzysztof Polok
Uniwersytet Bielsko-BialskiAbstract
The article focuses on the use of authentic materials when teaching English as a Foreign
Language to SEN Students. A mixed-method study (with the help of questionnaires and interviews)
was conducted to investigate teachers’ awareness of students with SEN. We were
interested to find the types of additional materials used in English lessons with SEN students,
and in particular whether the investigated teachers (with different teaching seniority) use authentic
materials when they work in inclusive classrooms. It turned out that English teachers’
awareness of SEN students is low and their opinions are not precisely formed; the teachers
use selected authentic materials, believing that inclusive classrooms do not allow them to
use these teaching materials they would be willing to use there.
Keywords:
SEN, special educational needs, authentic materials, inclusive educationReferences
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Zespół Szkół im. Władysława Szybińskiego w Cieszynie
Uniwersytet Bielsko-Bialski
