http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).16
10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).16
Published : Mar 2022
A Study of the Challenges in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to the Students with Visual Impairment
The aim of the present study was to investigate the challenges that English as a foreign language teachers face in teaching the English language to students with visual impairment. The data was collected through questionnaires from English language special education teachers who were teaching English at the secondary level. The research took place in Lahore, Pakistan, in special education classrooms. The target population of the study is English language teachers who are teaching visually impaired students in Lahore, Punjab. While the sample of the study was comprised of secondary level teachers of visually impaired students in Lahore. The findings of the study revealed that teachers were facing a number of problems in teaching visually impaired students, such as behavioral issues, less attention span, lack of motivation, lack of teaching materials, less family-supportive environment to do homework tasks etc.
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Student with vision Impairment, Special Education
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(1) Amna Zahra
Scholar, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
(2) Ayesha Butt
Chairperson/Assistant Professor TESOL, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
(3) Sameera Ayub Bhatti
Lecturer, Department of English, The University of Lahore (Lahore Scool of Accountancy and Finance), Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Accountancy and Finance), Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Zahra, A., Butt, A., & Bhatti, S. A. (2022). A Study of the Challenges in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to the Students with Visual Impairment. Global Educational Studies Review, VII(I), 147 - 163. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).16
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CHICAGO : Zahra, Amna, Ayesha Butt, and Sameera Ayub Bhatti. 2022. "A Study of the Challenges in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to the Students with Visual Impairment." Global Educational Studies Review, VII (I): 147 - 163 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).16
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HARVARD : ZAHRA, A., BUTT, A. & BHATTI, S. A. 2022. A Study of the Challenges in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to the Students with Visual Impairment. Global Educational Studies Review, VII, 147 - 163.
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MHRA : Zahra, Amna, Ayesha Butt, and Sameera Ayub Bhatti. 2022. "A Study of the Challenges in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to the Students with Visual Impairment." Global Educational Studies Review, VII: 147 - 163
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MLA : Zahra, Amna, Ayesha Butt, and Sameera Ayub Bhatti. "A Study of the Challenges in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to the Students with Visual Impairment." Global Educational Studies Review, VII.I (2022): 147 - 163 Print.
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OXFORD : Zahra, Amna, Butt, Ayesha, and Bhatti, Sameera Ayub (2022), "A Study of the Challenges in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to the Students with Visual Impairment", Global Educational Studies Review, VII (I), 147 - 163
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TURABIAN : Zahra, Amna, Ayesha Butt, and Sameera Ayub Bhatti. "A Study of the Challenges in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to the Students with Visual Impairment." Global Educational Studies Review VII, no. I (2022): 147 - 163. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).16