| dc.description.abstract | “Attention deficit disorder (A.D.D) could be defined as a neurological syndrome that causes impulsivity, distractibility and hyperactivity. It affects all ethnicities, socioeconomic status, levels of education, ages and gender (Hallowell & Ratey, 1994). It is a common situation that face english novice professors of lenguas modernas/licenciatura en la enseñanza del ingles (modern languages/ Bachelor’s degree in english language teaching, henceforth LEMO/LEI) and it would be useful to familiarize them with this problematic in order to enable them to recognize when is ADD. Previous research demonstrates the importance of identifying these students and use “effective educational methods” (McEwan 1988) that could help students to assimilate the class by using accurate strategies to focus on what is important avoiding the “irrelevant details” (Levinson, 1992, p. 57). For that reason, it is important for language teachers, especially novice teaches to be informed about attention deficit disorder as well as appropriate strategies to identify these cases and prepare as well teaching lesson for the children with this condition”. | |
