A Practical Study Of Montessori Education In The Language Development Of Autistic Children

Language barrier is one of the three core symptoms of autistic children,mainly manifested in the delay or absence of language development,the obstacle of language application ability,the repetition of language,and the abnormal intonation of tone &stress & speed &rhythm in the use of language.The language features of autistic children can be broadly divided into three manifestations: imitation,self-talk,irrelevantly replying.Montessori Education was founded by Maria Mont,an Italian educator in early 20 th century,and then spread to all parts of the world,and became an indispensable part of modern education system after a century.I combine the language development characteristics of autistic children with the teaching experience,through the tracking and observation of autistic children for nearly five years,discover and record the development and change of their language ability,explore the application method and effect of Montessori education in the language education of autistic children,and summarize four main influential factors: philosophy,curriculum,teaching and environment.The educational practice,in terms of four dimensions:the renewal of philosophy,the optimization of curriculum,the innovation of teaching,and the creation of environment,is to provide a prepared humane environment and scientific system of education and training,to promote the development of autistic children's language.This paper is divided into five parts:The firstpartintroducesthe reason & significance of the topic selection,the review of literature,the method of research and so on.The first chapter comprehensively introduces the Montessori education system and the language barrier of autistic children.The second chapter explains the Enlightenment of Montessori on the language teaching of autistic children from four perspectives: idea,course,teaching and environment.The third chapterlists the application example of Montessori lifelanguageclassroom,compared the language development of 11 autistic students before and after 5 years' education.The fourth chaptersummarizes and discusses the discovery and thinking of Montessori education practice.The study found that,after 5 years' education,Montessori class students improved theskills of language including listening& speaking &reading & writing and social communication ability,and the overall development is better.As a result,Montessori education has stimulated and promoted the development of the language of autistic children,and has improved the social disorder,narrow interest and abnormal behavior.Therefore,the practice of Montessori education is of great significance and value for the education and rehabilitation of autistic children,and is a feasible way.