1st Edition

Learning English as a Foreign Language for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Learners Styles and Strategies

186 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This important volume represents one of the first book-length publications to explore the styles and strategies that can be used by deaf and hard of hearing learners when learning English as a foreign language, highlighting unique pedagogical approaches, learning styles, and strategic interventions. Delving into specific challenges that deaf and hard of hearing students encounter in language... Read more

INTRODUCTION

Ewa Domagała-Zyśk, Jitka Sedláčková and Lenka Tóthová

 

PART ONE: LEARNING STYLES IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION OF DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING LEARNERS

 

Chapter 1: Learning styles in foreign language education – new trends and questions

Izabela Olszak

 

Chapter 2: Explore the way you learn: Developing a tool for DHH learners and teachers to reflect on their foreign language learning

Lenka Tóthová and Jitka Sedláčková

 

Chapter 3: Learning styles of D/deaf and hard of hearing students in EFL classes – learners’ profiles and learning and teaching tips

 

Anna Podlewska


PART TWO: REFLECTING ON LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION OF DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING LEARNERS 

 

Chapter 4: Effective learning strategies for today EFL’s learners – new questions, doubts and ideas

Izabela Olszak

 

Chapter 5: Strategies for reading and vocabulary learning in a foreign language in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Learners

Jitka Sedláčková and Lenka Tóthová

 

Chapter 6: How to assess and support speaking in your foreign language practice with hard of hearing learners?

Paulina Lewandowska, Marta Chomicz, Ewa Domagała-Zyśk

Chapter 7: Insights into learning to write in a foreign language for D/deaf and hard of hearing learners and their teachers

Marta Chomicz, Paulina Lewandowska, Ewa Domagala-Zysk

 

Chapter 8: Using sign languages in foreign language classes for D/deaf and hard of hearing learners

Beata Gulati

 

Chapter 9: Non-specificity of classroom discourse in an EFL deaf class – a case study

Katarzyna Gapys and Kamila Ciepiela

Chapter 10: Students with Auditory Processing Disorders in Foreign Language Classes
Katarzyna Ita Bieńkowska

 

CONCLUSION 
Jitka Sedláčková, Lenka Tóthová and Ewa Domagała-Zyśk,

Biography

Ewa Domagała-Zyśk is University Professor of KUL, Department of Special Pedagogy, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland.

Jitka Sedláčková is Assistant Professor, Department of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Czechia.

Lenka Tóthová is Assistant Professor, Support Centre for Students with Special Needs, Masaryk University, Czechia.