Teaching Foreign Languages to Students with Special Educational Needs Syllabus for Master Students

Abstract

Abstract. The syllabus is designed for Master students majoring in specialty 014 Secondary education, subjectspecialty 014.021 Secondary education (Language and Literature (English))”/ 014.022 Secondary education(Language and Literature (German)) / 014.023 Secondary education) (Language and Literature (French)).The purpose of the obligatory course is to provide methodological training of students for the implementationof their professional functions of a foreign language teacher in general secondary education institutions in aninclusive educational environment: communicative-educational (developing of students' language, speech andeducational-strategic competencies), developmental-educational, constructive-planning, gnostic and organizationalfunctions that are implemented by means of a foreign language in general secondary education. The course consistsof two modules: foreign languages teaching system in an inclusive educational environment and methods offorming language and speech competencies in students with special educational needs. The course focuses onthe peculiarities of the methods of foreign language communicative competence development in students withvisual and hearing impairments and autism spectrum disorders as the most numerous groups of students withspecial educational needs. The course highlights current theoretical issues of modern methods of teaching foreignlanguages to the learners with special educational needs within the New Ukrainian School scheme and practicaltraining of students to develop extracts of the lessons in foreign language competence in listening, speaking,reading, writing and lesson planning in the context of inclusive education. The syllabus offers a list of referenceson the course topics.