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When Foreign Languages are not seen or heard
Foreign language education presents special challenges for teachers when students are visually or hearing impaired. On the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Web site (http://www.afb.org), the organization offers helpful information for teachers to better understand terms and environmental influences related to low vision. And while most teachers are familiar with federal legislation and individualized education plans (IEPs), AFB also offers information on assistive technology assessments, functional vision assessments, and learning media assessments.

http://www.afb.org

Modern Foreign Languages and Special Educational Needs
The World Wide Web contains plenty of information about modern foreign language learning and about special educational needs as separate issues. The implications of SEN for MFL attract relatively sparse attention, which is why the present website seeks to redress the deficit.
This website is divided in the following issues:
· Glossaries of inclusive education terms.
· Teaching and learning resources.
· Provision and practice.
· Professional development.
· Special schools.
· Cognition and learning difficulties:
o Moderate learning difficulties.
o Severe learning difficulties.
o Specific learning difficulties.
· Communication and interaction difficulties:
o Speech and language difficulties.
o Autistic spectrum disorders.
· Emotional, behavioural and social difficulties.
· Sensory and physical difficulties:
o Hearing impairment.
o Visual impairment.
o Physical disabilities.

http://www.specialeducationalneeds.com/case/SEN.html#Top