Instructional Teaching Media to Promote Autistic Student’s Learning Engagement

Abstract

<jats:p>The demand for students with disabilities to get English lesson underlies the use of instructional media to help teachers to convey instructions as well as students in understanding English. Related to this case, this study aims to describe the types of instructional media used by teacher in SLB Negeri 2 Singaraja to teach an autistic student. The research data were gathered through observation, interviews, and document study. Based on the data obtained, it was found that the teacher used four types of instructional media namely videos, pictures, matching exercise, and real objects. As an implication, instructional media used by the teacher can convey instructions to autistic student even though they did not perfectly understand. Autistic student also understood English lesson better through these media than just listening to the teacher’s speech. </jats:p>

English Language Teaching Strategy for ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Students

“…The essence of using media as such is also supported by the study conducted by Padmadewi and Artini (2017) With respect to Communication Skills Enhancement Through PECS Method, the teacher first explains the learning material very simply using cards and pictures according to the learning material, and then the teacher asks the students to repeat what the teacher said according to the picture used and the teacher will start asking the children one by one using pictures in easy language understood. This set of finding is in some ways echoed in the study undertaken by Padmadewi and Artini (2017) and Sari Puspita et al (2019) in which visual media such as cards and pictures are very contributive to get autistic students engaged more in learning.…”

“…The use of objects by the teacher to trigger students to communicate basically echoes the importance of using media as to promote autistic students to communicate. If learned from a previous study conducted by Sari Puspita et al (2019), there are some more media which can creatively and contextually be utilized by teachers in efforts to help autistic students learn. Those media are videos, pictures, matching exercise, and real objects.…”

Special Needs Students, What Are the Challenges

“…The line ".. penggunaan konsep konkrit dan jelas terhadap siswa..." is evidence of this. They prefer to look at pictures, read books, watch television, and pay close attention to what they see on screen because of the positive associations they have with concrete media, as stated and demonstrated by Edelson (2019) in Sari Puspita et al, (2019). Rao, Shaila & Gagie, (2006) renew their defense of this, they claim that visual information is more tangible and can be retained for longer periods of time than spoken information.…”

Pelatihan Pembuatan Media Pembelajaran Biologi Berbasis Android Pada Guru Biologi Di Kabupaten Lombok Tengah

“…Pemahaman informasi dan hasil belajar siswa juga bergantung pada jenis media pembelajaran yang digunakan guru. Jenis media pembelajaran tersebut adalah video, gambar, latihan mencocokan, dan benda nyata (Puspita et al, 2019). Akan tetapi, mengkombinasikan media pembelajaran atau disebut multimedia dirasakan lebih efektiv digunakan pada berbagai tingkat pendidikan terlepas dari mata pelajarannya.…”