Facilitating ESL Students with Autism Learn Sight Vocabulary: Teachers

Authors

  • SAROYA YAHYA Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • Melor Md Yunus
  • Hasnah Toran

Keywords:

ESL, autism, sight vocabulary, teachers’ practices

Abstract

Teachers

Author Biography

SAROYA YAHYA, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Saroya Yahya is a Phd candidate at the Education Faculty, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

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2013-11-17

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YAHYA, S., Yunus, M. M., & Toran, H. (2013). Facilitating ESL Students with Autism Learn Sight Vocabulary: Teachers. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 11(1), 90–98. Retrieved from https://gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/1243

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