Effective use of total communication in teaching language to learners with hearing impairment in Kiambu District Kenya
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2008-08
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Kampala International University, College of Education and Management
Abstract
The topic of this study was Effective use of total communication in teaching language to learners with hearing impairment in Kiambu District Kenya. One of the aims of the study was to find out whether the teachers have adequate training to teach language to learners with hearing impairment. The researcher had targeted forty respondents to fill the questionnaires but twenty five of them did this. The respondents were teachers teaching language to learners with hearing impairment in special schools and integrated settings. The respondents were purposefully sampled to participate in the study and fill the questionnaires which were carefully prepared. The researcher used a quantitative approach which gives guidance to respondents and saves time. The survey strategy was employed by careful selection of teachers teaching language to learners with hearing impairment and the data was analyzed using descriptive and tabular presentation. The results indicated that the respondents were aware of the philosophy of total communication and used it to teach language to learners with hearing impairment. Generally they had positive attitudes towards its use with learners. The academic achievement of learners with hearing impairment was found average with some registering poor performance. However most respondents lack training in special needs educated and although many had long experience in teaching, they lacked the application skills. The results of this study calls for provision of educational resources and formulation of a national policy on uniform approach in teaching learners with hearing impairment. Teachers need training and induction in appropriate methods of teaching language to learners with hearing impairment and there is need for learners with hearing impairment to be given freedom of choice on the most appropriate mode of communication after guidance by teachers and parents
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A research report submitted to the institute of open and distance learning of Kampala International University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of bachelor’s degree of education in special needs education
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Total communication, Teaching language, Learners, Hearing impairment, Kenya