ELT Echo
Vol 6, No 2 (2021): DECEMBER

LEARNING ENGLISH FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS THROUGH SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM PEDAGOGY-BASED JOYFUL LEARNING

Septi Gumiandari (IAIN Syekh Nurjati Cirebon)
Ilman Nafi'a (IAIN Syekh Nurjati Cirebon)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2021

Abstract

Students with special needs have different characteristics from students in general. Their different characteristics require more specific teaching services adjusted to their capacities and potentials. Their emotional, mental, intellectual, or social characteristics require special attention and treatment to strengthen their understanding of the learning materials. This article aims to explain the implementation of English language learning to students with special needs using joyful learning based on social constructivism pedagogy. This study employed a descriptive qualitative method and was conducted at SADA Ibu Inclusion School and Cirebon Pancaran Kasih Perjuangan Special Education. The findings of the research show that (1) the implementation of the joyful learning method encouraged students in English classes; (2) in combining joyful learning with a social constructivism pedagogy approach, the results had  significant differences at the two schools. Joyful learning-based social constructivism pedagogy is more appropriately applied at SADA Ibu Inclusion School rather than in Cirebon Pancaran Kasih Perjuangan Special Education.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

eltecho

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

ELT Echo is published twice a year i.e on June and December by the Department of English Language Teaching, IAIN Syekh Nurjati Cirebon. It welcomes a wide range of topics in the area of English Language Teaching particulalry in English as Foreign Language (EFL) context, which the focus ranging from ...