Teach Deaf Students How To Read

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This paper explores the topic of how to teach Deaf students how to read. Through extensive research within the topic the results significantly the relationship between early language acquisition and mastery of reading, parental involvement, and different modes, techniques, and accommodations to use when teaching Deaf students how to read is fundamentally important to their success. The research done by Padden and Ramsey (2000) emphasize the importance of early language acquisition. Treiman and Hirsh-Pasek (1983) debunk the idea that the oral approach is a indicator of a Deaf child’s likelihood to succeed at mastering how to read. Finally Mayberry and Eichen (2001) examine different visual approaches that are helpful for Deaf students. …show more content…

Visual aids that are used to be helpful for teaching Deaf children how to read is Signing stories, label items throughout the house, use letter cards to help demonstrate individual letters, building vocabulary by fingerspelling or chaining structure, …show more content…

Every student learns how to read differently and some students are able to catch on very fast, while others, like myself struggled significantly. With the help of teachers, special education providers, after school tutors, and the help of my parents after many years of practice I was finally able to learn how to read. Reading is not the ability to verbally say what the printed word is, but comprehension is also an important factor. The best advice I would encourage teachers to understand is that parental involvement as well as a teacher’s involvement through encouraging the student to never give up is fundamentally important to their success. Learning difficulties can be incredibly frustrating, but with out the support a child will continue to struggle and may never master how to read. Therefore, through my personal experience I know how important rapport is and choose to encourage Deaf students, rather than cause them to disengage and give up. Having a plethora of knowledge on different techniques and skills, while also understanding that no one method is the best can only be beneficial. Differentiating instruction to fit the need of every Deaf child is what I see as the most fundamental. In the end as a teacher our goal is to strive children to live up to their potential by succeeding through our help. Therefore, it is our job to understand and find

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