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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
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Explicitly Teaching English through the Air to Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Bennett, Jessica G.; Gardner, Ralph, III; Leighner, Ross; Clancy, Shannon; Garner, Joshua
American Annals of the Deaf, v159 n1 p45-58 2014
The Effects of the Language for Learning curriculum (Engelmann & Osborne, 1999) on through-the-air (i.e., signed and/or spoken) English skills for students who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) were examined by means of a single-subject, concurrent-multiple-probes-across-participants design. Four 11-year-old participants varied in auditory access, IQ, and age at amplification and/or cochlear implantation. All students showed increased accuracy of through-the-air English skills after the intervention (i.e., 15-20 lessons) and maintained these skills when assessed 1 week and 1 month later. The findings yielded some promising results indicating that a Direct Instruction curriculum may be an efficacious way to teach morphology and syntax to DHH students.
Descriptors: English Instruction, Teaching Methods, Deafness, Partial Hearing, Sign Language, Oral English, Listening Comprehension, Auditory Training, Intelligence Quotient, Age Differences, Assistive Technology, Grade 5, Auditory Tests, Accuracy, Intervention, Direct Instruction, Morphology (Languages), Syntax, Residential Schools, American Sign Language, Behavior Modification, Interpersonal Competence
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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