The Efficacy of Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Iranian Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder on Their Social Skills and Willingness to Communicate.
Objectives This applied research is the first practical study of teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) to students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Iran. We examined the effect of a well-designed foreign language learning setting in facilitation of social skills and willingness to commu...
| Publicado en: | Iranian Journal of Child Neurology Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 61 - 74 |
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Iranian Journal of Child Neurology
Summer2019
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