Cómo enseñar inglés como lengua extranjera a niños con Trastorno por Déficit de Atención e Hiperactividad

Abstract

Introduction: Attention - Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADH) is one of the most frequently diagnosed childhood diseases. However, in public educational units, especially in the Pujilí canton, there is no proper training on the part of the teacher to detect this deficiency and carry out an English class with the appropriate methodology and didactic material. To describe the object of this research on ADHD, some previous studies were analysed to understand how we, as future teachers, can identify and work with students with this type of learners. Materials and methods: The data set was analysed from fourth grade students from the Belisario Quevedo Educative Unit parallel B and F, who were evaluated according to their behaviour, level comprehension of English and how they would like to learn. Results:The data shows that two tenth grade students were detected with ADHD because they presented difficulties in completing the tasks assigned in class. Discussion: In addition, based on the results obtained in the teacher survey, it can be highlighted that it is of the utmost importance that teachers have good management, distribution and control of the classroom. Conclusions: Finally, it was determined that the students evaluated did not perform sufficiently to achieve the skills and sub-skills in the English language, so they were placed at level A1. Therefore, teachers use the CLT method and games as an effective strategy for teaching English as a foreign language.