Strategies for Enhancing the Communicative Competence for Students with Learning Disabilities

Abstract

The essence of language teaching in Nigerian schools is to improve the communicative competence of students in
English Language. The frequent poor performance of students in English Language means that language teachers need to
reconsider the appropriateness of the teaching methods. In view of the fact that there are students with learning disabilities in
mainstream schools, this paper highlights some motivational strategies that can enhance the communicative competence of
students with learning disabilities. The paper explains in details these motivational strategies and the benefits. Finally, the paper
concludes by calling on language teachers to adopt an eclectic method in language teaching through the use of the pedagogical
strategies examined. It is hoped that these motivational strategies would be adopted for corrective and remedial instruction in
language teaching.