The development of English plural marking expressions in Malaysian autistic children

Ahmad Sabri, A'ina Athirah and Mohamed Salleh, Rabiah Tul Adawiyah (2020) The development of English plural marking expressions in Malaysian autistic children. In: International Conference on Language and Literature 2020 (ICLL 2020), 15th-17th January 2020, Gombak, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurological disorder characterised by deficits in social, communicative and cognitive skills. Recently, the awareness of autism has increased globally as well as nationally, evidenced by the reported increasing number of parents seeking advice on raising their autistic children. In the Malaysian setting, it is still unclear on how autistic children acquire English in ESL context. Therefore, this paper aims to contribute to closing this gap by investigating how three autistic children acquire English, specifically the English plural structures from the developmentally moderated focus-on form instruction (DMFonf). The three autistic children selected were from a special learning centre and their age range were between 9 to 12 years. They were taught the English plural grammatical structures using DMFonf for 12 weeks. Data were collected through audio and video recording at 4 points; T1 (week 4), T2 (week 8), T3 (week 12) and T4 (week 16). The findings of the study show that DMFonf instructions are effective in assisting the participants to acquire English plurals. The results also show that all participants’ trajectory of plural acquisition follow the developmental stages predicted by Processability Theory.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Slide Presentation)
Additional Information:	8297/78537
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Development, Plurals, Autism, Malaysian Children
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PE English
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of English Language & Literature Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences
Depositing User:	Dr. Rabiah Tul Adawiyah Mohamed Salleh
Date Deposited:	10 Feb 2020 10:58
Last Modified:	10 Feb 2020 10:58
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/78537

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