Communication Strategies Employed by Teachers of Students with Autism

Astri Widyaruli Anggraeni, Ecky Lutfikayanti

2019

Abstract

The strategies in communicating by teachers of students with autism in learning are divided into verbal and non-verbal strategies. Referring to the theory elaborated by SES (2002), verbal strategies include addressing strategies, direct speaking strategies, close-ended question strategies, and visual strategies. Besides, non-verbal strategies include proximity strategies and physical touch strategies that are analyzed by Jalongo theory (1992). Speech data was taken from two teachers in an academic class who act as the main teacher and accompanying teacher during the learning process. They teach students with autism with different levels of age,classes, andtypes of autism in academic classes that produce unique patterns of communication, especially if it is associated with Javanese culture that binds the identity of the teachers for students with autism. This study employed a pragmatic analysis approach. The researcher found several strategies which are not included in the opinions proposed by SES (2002) and Jalongo (1992). The strategies are the existence of a repetition strategy as a verbal strategy.The most used strategy is the repetition strategy. The closeness of the teacher and students is a factor in the success of learning due to the creation of a good relationship, so learning is achieved according to objectives.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Anggraeni A. and Lutfikayanti E. (2019). Communication Strategies Employed by Teachers of Students with Autism.In Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Language and Society - Volume 1: ICELS, ISBN 978-989-758-405-3, pages 563-575. DOI: 10.5220/0009015005630575

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icels19,
author={Astri Widyaruli Anggraeni and Ecky Lutfikayanti},
title={Communication Strategies Employed by Teachers of Students with Autism},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Language and Society - Volume 1: ICELS,},
year={2019},
pages={563-575},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009015005630575},
isbn={978-989-758-405-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Language and Society - Volume 1: ICELS,
TI - Communication Strategies Employed by Teachers of Students with Autism
SN - 978-989-758-405-3
AU - Anggraeni A.
AU - Lutfikayanti E.
PY - 2019
SP - 563
EP - 575
DO - 10.5220/0009015005630575