چکیده:
The purpose of this article was to analyze English language teaching program for students with intellectual disabilities, and review the English course book (student book and workbook developed for 7th graders with intellectual disabilities) as well as the teachers’ guide. The method applied was descriptive–analytic. Regarding the proposed criteria by the Council for Reviewing Books and Texts on Humanities, areas of strength and weak points in terms of form and content were presented. The vital strong points were presenting frequent language functions and social routines, and color printing of the student book. The crucial weaknesses included the old-fashioned way of teaching English alphabets, the inappropriate method of introducing numbers, designing improper activities regarding the students’ capabilities, and the low quality of the pictures both in student book and workbook. For reviewing the teacher’s guide, the evaluation criteria proposed by Hemsley (1997) known as global evaluation and detailed evaluation, has been applied. The strong points of the teachers’ guide were providing clear teaching guidelines, considering learning procedures based on recent researches and modern theories, presenting the objective of the course, and providing appropriate guidelines for evaluation. Some of the weaknesses were ignoring students’ different learning styles, not introducing appropriate way of error correction, and inappropriate bookbinding. At last, series of suggestions were proposed to ameliorate both the quality and the content of the course book and work book considering the students’ capabilities.
خلاصه ماشینی:
in the pre-professional guidance period, they have addressed the introduction of the book structure, recommendations to colleagues, specific teaching strategies, teaching-learning methods, techniques and strategies, and evaluation methods; and in the second section titled "Practical Guide," the teaching guide for each individual lesson in all levels (seventh, eighth, and ninth grades) is provided in detail.
- Strengthening the understanding of issues related to English language teaching during practical teaching: On pages 8 and 9 of the book, the authors have referred to general teaching strategies and specific teaching strategies, and from page 10 to 13, they have introduced various instructional techniques and strategies for teaching concepts through vocabulary and conversation, while also providing detailed teaching guides for each individual lesson in the second section of the book titled "Practical Guide.
Hemsley (1997), in the general evaluation of teacher guidebooks, referred to matters such as the price of the book, its availability, understanding issues related to language teaching, strengthening teaching skills, and providing sufficient cultural information, and in the detailed evaluation section, addressed matters such as how to use the book, course objectives, the relationship between teacher and student, and predicting potential problems for students.
The seventh-grade English book, specially for pre-vocational secondary cycle students, is organized into seven lessons in which the author introduces and teaches the alphabet from "A" to "G", numbers from 1 to 25, and language functions.
Keywords: English language, students with intellectual disabilities, student textbook, workbook, teacher's guide (teaching guide), pre-vocational course, seventh grade, critique * Assistant Professor at the Organization for Educational Research and Planning, Email (Corresponding Author) ahmaderamezani@yahoo.
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