Foreign Language Professors: pedagogical and didactic competencies to assist college students with asperger syndrome and visual difficulties.

Identificar que los docentes no han recibido alguna formación especial y completa para atender este tipo de población con necesidades educativas especialesEl presente proyecto es una investigación desarrollada en la Universidad Minuto de Dios, la cual surge como una preocupación en cuanto a la falta de procesos de enseñanza a estudiantes con necesidades educativas especiales, especialmente dificultades visuales y el síndrome de Asperger, mientras aprenden una lengua extranjera, en este caso inglés. El proyecto tiene como objetivo fundamental fortalecer las prácticas pedagógicas y didácticas para atender estudiantes con el síndrome de Asperger y dificultades visuales en la licenciatura en idioma extranjero inglés de la universidad Minuto de Dios. Además, esta propuesta presenta un enfoque cualitativo, con un tipo de investigación de corte descriptivo, empleando como técnicas entrevistas cualitativas y un grupo focal. Dentro de los resultados obtenidos se conoce cuántos estudiantes con necesidades educativas hay en en el programa. Por otra parte, se logró identificar que los docentes no han recibido alguna formación especial y completa para atender este tipo de población con necesidades educativas especiales, sin embargo, autónomamente buscan la manera de incluirlos en los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje que se dan al interior del aula.This project is a research carried out at the Universidad Minuto de Dios, which arises as a concern regarding the lack of teaching processes for students with special educational needs, especially visual difficulties, and Asperger's syndrome, while learning a foreign language, in this case, English. The project's main objective is to strengthen pedagogical and didactic practices to serve students with Asperger's syndrome and visual difficulties in the English foreign language degree of the University Minuto de Dios. In addition, this proposal presents a qualitative approach, with a type of descriptive research, using qualitative interviews and a focus group as techniques. Among the results obtained it is known how many students with educational needs are in the program, On the other hand, that teachers have not received any special training to address this type of population with special educational need. However, they autonomously look for ways to include them in the teaching and learning processes that occur within the classroom

Annual Conference on Formative Research on EFL. Current trends in language teaching and teacher training.

The conference papers of the Annual Conference on Formative Research on EFL. Current trends in language teaching and teacher training collect pedagogical experiences and research reports on language teaching, teaching practices and communication. Each paper invites the community of the language teaching field to reflect on the development of life skills, didactic competences, critical incidents and practice and the use of English in the communication of organizations. We expect to make visible those innovative experiences and enrich the practice and knowledge of the ELT community

1st Annual Conference on Formative Research and Research Hotbeds on Foreign Languages

The conference papers of the Annual Conference on Formative Research on EFL. Current trends in language teaching and teacher training collect pedagogical experiences and research reports on language teaching, teaching practices and communication. Each paper invites the community of the language teaching field to reflect on the development of life skills, didactic competences, critical incidents and practice and the use of English in the communication of organizations. We expect to make visible those innovative experiences and enrich the practice and knowledge of the ELT community

1st Annual Conference on Formative Research and Research Hotbeds on Foreign Languages

The conference papers of the Annual Conference on Formative Research on EFL. Current trends in language teaching and teacher training collect pedagogical experiences and research reports on language teaching, teaching practices and communication. Each paper invites the community of the language teaching field to reflect on the development of life skills, didactic competences, critical incidents and practice and the use of English in the communication of organizations. We expect to make visible those innovative experiences and enrich the practice and knowledge of the ELT community