Elisa Díaz Prada

Dr. Elisa Díaz Prada


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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

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24 August 2025 in Education Sciences
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AKAgnieszka Kałdonek-Crnjaković
Agnieszka Kałdonek-Crnjaković
ASAsli Göktürk Lidice Gokturk Saglam
Asli Göktürk Lidice Gokturk Saglam
Zrinka FišerZrinka Fišer
Zrinka Fišer
MIMutsumi Iijima
Mutsumi Iijima
EPElisa Díaz Prada
Elisa Díaz Prada
NSNatalia Serghiivna Scherba
Natalia Serghiivna Scherba
Inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity that feature Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) may be challenging in the classroom setting. However, little is known about language teachers’ self-efficacy and the approaches they would employ to deal with context-specific ADHD-like behaviours. Therefore, this mixed-method study used the vignette methodology to investigate the self-reported efficacy and teaching approaches of 62 pre-service English language teachers from Japan, Poland, Turkey, and Ukraine in managing ADHD-like behaviours in six hypothetical classroom scenarios. By comparing diverse educational and cultural contexts, the study aimed to identify convergences and divergences in coping with these behaviours to promote evidence-based approaches in inclusive language teaching. Data were gathered using an online questionnaire with both open- and closed-ended questions on a Likert-type scale. The findings indicate that participants feel moderately confident in managing ADHD-like behaviours; however, some statistically significant country-related differences were observed. A number of similar teaching approaches were identified across the sample, but prominent country-specific differences in approaching specific ADHD-like behaviours were present. The approaches used by participants align with evidence-based recommendations for teaching students with ADHD to some extent. The discussed implications of the study inform pre-service teachers’ education and call for approaches that are more universal in design and language-skill-development-oriented.