PECS AS AN INFLUENCER IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPECIAL CHILDREN

The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is a popular communication-training program for young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Bondy and Frost created PECS in Delaware, USA, more than ten years ago (1994a). Over the years, PECS has been introduced and has raised a great deal of interest in people working in the field of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). It is an excellent initiative that facilitates easy communication for nonverbal children, whether they have autism or not. The goal of this research is to find out to what extent PECS hold the influence in teaching English to these gifted children. The genuine circumstance will be reviewed in this study with a systematic approach to address the influence of PECS in teaching English to special children. This research focused on five schools that incorporate PECS for special children. This qualitative study includes 14 teachers’ interviews from those schools that use PECS for English teaching and learning and. It also embraces a small survey of 10 special children’s parents to bring out what they face in real context after PECS has been implemented. By identifying special children’s potential and supporting their growth, this research seeks to not only improve educational performance but also determine the effectiveness of PECS in enhancing the learning of special children as well as make teaching and learning processes easier, efficient, and fruitful. I believe observations from this study will be of great use to educators, legislators, and activists as they develop workable strategies to overcome these obstacles and create a learning space that is effective and equitable for all students.