Learning to read and write is extremely difficult for deaf children because these two activities are based on verbal language. The hearing impairment prevents deaf children from being exposed to oral language, so that they are unable to acquire the verbal language through a natural process like hearing peers. Moreover, the educational intervention they are exposed to, seems to not help the development of global comprehension ability. Considering that deaf children have specific needs and that they are visual learners, we have developed an innovative Internet tool which should improve their reading comprehension skills.
An Internet-Based Tool for Knocking Down Deaf children Barriers to Learning
Mich, Ornella
2009-01-01
Abstract
Learning to read and write is extremely difficult for deaf children because these two activities are based on verbal language. The hearing impairment prevents deaf children from being exposed to oral language, so that they are unable to acquire the verbal language through a natural process like hearing peers. Moreover, the educational intervention they are exposed to, seems to not help the development of global comprehension ability. Considering that deaf children have specific needs and that they are visual learners, we have developed an innovative Internet tool which should improve their reading comprehension skills.File in questo prodotto:
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