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cyssy
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Special needs!
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Hi, everyone!
This week I was told that I have now a new class with deaf adults ( 8 students ). But in this class there are more twenty students and they listen.
I am really scared because I don �tknow how to teach english to these students who have Portuguese classes as a second language and the Brazilian signs language as their first language. English is the third language... Last year, they have only visual classes and I don �t know what I have to do... Does anybody here have any experience with deaf people??? Can you help me???? Pleaseee....
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5 Feb 2010
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Sonn
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I have �nt worked with such students, but I �m working with a girl who has infantile cerebral paralysis. The first thing I did when I started working with her was talking to her parents and to her taechers, who teach her other subjects and even to doctors. It helped. I hope there will be people here who have already taught deaf students. But if there isn �t any, try to talk to the teachers who taught Portugese to them. Good luck.
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5 Feb 2010
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marta_marta
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I �m not an expert in this field but maybe the following website could help.
EDL
Try googling "EDL - English for Deaf Learners"
Good luck!
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5 Feb 2010
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zoemorosini
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Hi there! I just finished taking an online course in UDL: Universal Design for Learning that addresses the challenges you �re facing. Do a Google search for UDL and CAST, a Boston, MA, USA area non-profit that teaches UDL techniques.
www.cast.org/research/udl/index.html
lessonbuilder.cast.org/
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5 Feb 2010
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zeina monzer
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hi cyssy,
i teach blind students but in the same institute where i work there is another section for deaf students and as i know you have to learn sign language inorder to be able to communicate with them .
also you have to stress on each letter while you are reading to let them see the outlet of each letter.
and as i know the teachers depend greatly on sign language and visiual aids in explaining the lessons . and deaf students can hardly understand abstract concepts .
i wish you luck
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5 Feb 2010
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zoemorosini
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I think deaf students CAN understand abstract concepts, because they have them in sign language. It �s just hard to get new ideas across when they are abstract, because sound as a medium isn �t an option. However, illustrations can be helpful (visual aids, as mentioned above) to bridge the gap.
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5 Feb 2010
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