Konyndyk, Irene Brouwer.
Foreign Languages for Everyone : How I Learned to Teach Second Languages to Students with Learning Disabilities / Irene Brouwer Konyndyk ; with forewords by Lynn E. Snyder and Marjorie Hall Haley. - Grand Rapids, MI : Edenridge Press, 2011. - 195 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p.183-187) and index.
"Foreign Languages for Everyone is based on Professor Irene Brouwer Konyndyk's study and experience teaching foreign languages effectively to students with learning disabilities. The goal of serving at-risk students became highly personal for her when she realized that her own daughter had a learning disability but could be very academically successful with the right combination of multisensory learning experiences." (Back Cover) TABLE OF CONTENTS: Foreword / Lynn E. Snyder Foreword / Marjorie Hall Haley Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Reaching Out to Our Struggling Second-Language Learners 1 Engaging Students in Multisensory Ways 2 Providing Parameters for Student Success 3 Getting to Know Students through a Survey 4 Using Journals to Help Students Learn How to Learn 5 Teaching Directly end Explicitly to Maximize Student Learning 6 Serving Students with Best Practices 7 Equipping Students to Learn Responsibly 8 Celebrating the Gifts of Teaching and Learning Supplement 1 Outline Appendixes Notes Bibliography Index
9781937532901 (pbk)
2011944184
Language and languages--Study and teaching--United States.
Learning disabled children--Education--United States.
Special education--United States.
LC4616 / .K665 2011
Foreign Languages for Everyone : How I Learned to Teach Second Languages to Students with Learning Disabilities / Irene Brouwer Konyndyk ; with forewords by Lynn E. Snyder and Marjorie Hall Haley. - Grand Rapids, MI : Edenridge Press, 2011. - 195 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p.183-187) and index.
"Foreign Languages for Everyone is based on Professor Irene Brouwer Konyndyk's study and experience teaching foreign languages effectively to students with learning disabilities. The goal of serving at-risk students became highly personal for her when she realized that her own daughter had a learning disability but could be very academically successful with the right combination of multisensory learning experiences." (Back Cover) TABLE OF CONTENTS: Foreword / Lynn E. Snyder Foreword / Marjorie Hall Haley Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Reaching Out to Our Struggling Second-Language Learners 1 Engaging Students in Multisensory Ways 2 Providing Parameters for Student Success 3 Getting to Know Students through a Survey 4 Using Journals to Help Students Learn How to Learn 5 Teaching Directly end Explicitly to Maximize Student Learning 6 Serving Students with Best Practices 7 Equipping Students to Learn Responsibly 8 Celebrating the Gifts of Teaching and Learning Supplement 1 Outline Appendixes Notes Bibliography Index
9781937532901 (pbk)
2011944184
Language and languages--Study and teaching--United States.
Learning disabled children--Education--United States.
Special education--United States.
LC4616 / .K665 2011