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Allen, Thomas E.; Clark, M. Diane; del Giudice, Alex; Koo, Daniel; Lieberman, Amy; Mayberry, Rachel; Millerd, Paul – American Annals of the Deaf, 2009
Four critical responses to an article, "The Role of Phonology and Phonologically Related Skills in Reading Instruction for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing" (Wang, Trezek, Luckner, & Paul, 2008), are presented. Issue is taken with the conclusions of the article by Wang and colleagues regarding the "necessary" condition of phonological…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Phonology, Partial Hearing, Deafness
Stinson, Michael S.; Albertini, John A. – Teaching English to Deaf and Second-Language Students, 1985
Describes the organizational and linguistic skills that enable a reader, first, to interpret the statements in a text and their relationship to each other, and second, to judge the relative importance of these statements. Considers the interrelation between the two types of skills and how this applies to instructional strategies. (SED)
Descriptors: Deafness, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction
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Schmitt, Norbert – ELT Journal, 1997
Argues that presentations in second language conferences should not be read because written discourse is too difficult for the audience to understand, whereas spoken discourse normally has a great deal of repetition to ensure that the main points are successfully transferred. Points out that read presentations are dull and inflexible, difficult to…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness, Discourse Analysis, Listening Comprehension
Jones, Christopher F. G. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1986
The fundamental link between language and action is the rationale behind the design of four interactive video programs intended to teach deaf children verb tenses, literacy, and reading comprehension, and to teach hearing parents of deaf children to use British Sign Language. The four interactive video programs are described. (MBR)
Descriptors: Children, Courseware, Deafness, Dictionaries
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Kellerman, Susan – Applied Linguistics, 1990
Recent research into the use of articulatory movements by the deaf has revealed the significance of this visual input, but research into the speech perception of the blind has demonstrated the significance of its loss. The implications of these findings for teaching and testing foreign language listening skills are considered. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Blindness, Deafness, Language Research, Listening Comprehension
Baker, Robert – 1985
Experiments reported in this document were intended to shed light on the linguistic and presentational issues surrounding the provision of a subtitling service for deaf schoolchildren. A series of formal experiments was carried out to evaluate deaf children's appreciation of subtitled television programs. (These experiments are described in detail…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Children, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deaf Interpreting