nse, which the teacher is to notice and address to it to achieve a successful teaching process.
Understanding the importance of multisensory and multiple intelligence learning processes is vital to helping
learners with visual limitations to improve their opportunities for learning (Kashdan& Barnes, 2002). Since an
individual with a hearing loss or a visual-impairment may stand in the minority in a classroom, teachers in some
contexts might ignore them mostly in disbelief that these learners are likely to reach remarkable success. However,
contrary to expectations, VILs may bring other strengths to their learning process and prove the opposite. Being
visually impaired does not mean being unsuccessful language learners (Baúaran, 2012). Discovering their strong
sides is crucial in facilitating their foreign language learning experience as a teacher. Yet, it is undeniable that the
majority of the teachers is not informed about the needs of VILs and gain experience through practice during their
first experience. These fully sighted people are generally not familiar with the equivalent competencies and
resources required by blind and visually-impaired newcomers (Kashdan& Barnes, 2002). Thus, they do not vary the
tasks and activities in a way to meet the needs of VILs and these learners fail to make the most of their learning
experience. In his study, Baúaran(2012) focused on the techniques used by teachers teaching such learners and underlined their lack of knowledge on how to guide a class orienting the needs of those learners. Participants
utilized almost the same teaching techniques and materials that are commonly used in Turkey to teach sighted
students, which is contrary to suggestions in earlier research that the visually-impaired have different social behavior
and learning styles (Baúaran, 2012). Failing to notice their differences and to plan the lessons accordingly would
likely to yield unsuccessful results. If the primary task of teachers teaching such learners were to determine their
strengths as learners, they would vary the tasks and activities accordingly and achieve better results. Students who
are blind and visually-impaired benefit from participating in games that combine words with activities because they
enable them to learn by associating language with body movement experience (Kashdan & Barnes, 2002).
nse, which the teacher is to notice and address to it to achieve a successful teaching process.Understanding the importance of multisensory and multiple intelligence learning processes is vital to helpinglearners with visual limitations to improve their opportunities for learning (Kashdan& Barnes, 2002). Since anindividual with a hearing loss or a visual-impairment may stand in the minority in a classroom, teachers in somecontexts might ignore them mostly in disbelief that these learners are likely to reach remarkable success. However,contrary to expectations, VILs may bring other strengths to their learning process and prove the opposite. Beingvisually impaired does not mean being unsuccessful language learners (Baúaran, 2012). Discovering their strongsides is crucial in facilitating their foreign language learning experience as a teacher. Yet, it is undeniable that themajority of the teachers is not informed about the needs of VILs and gain experience through practice during theirfirst experience. These fully sighted people are generally not familiar with the equivalent competencies andresources required by blind and visually-impaired newcomers (Kashdan& Barnes, 2002). Thus, they do not vary thetasks and activities in a way to meet the needs of VILs and these learners fail to make the most of their learningexperience. In his study, Baúaran(2012) focused on the techniques used by teachers teaching such learners and underlined their lack of knowledge on how to guide a class orienting the needs of those learners. Participantsutilized almost the same teaching techniques and materials that are commonly used in Turkey to teach sightedstudents, which is contrary to suggestions in earlier research that the visually-impaired have different social behaviorand learning styles (Baúaran, 2012). Failing to notice their differences and to plan the lessons accordingly wouldlikely to yield unsuccessful results. If the primary task of teachers teaching such learners were to determine theirstrengths as learners, they would vary the tasks and activities accordingly and achieve better results. Students whoare blind and visually-impaired benefit from participating in games that combine words with activities because theyenable them to learn by associating language with body movement experience (Kashdan & Barnes, 2002).
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