Teaching Sign Language to the Deaf Children in Adrar, Algeria.

ISBN-13: 9786200499509 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 84 str.

Hicham Abdelouafi

Opis

A little is known about the teaching of deaf children in Algeria, particularly in Adrar. This study aims to investigate the current situation of teaching sign language to the deaf children in Adrar, Algeria. A case study of the school of hearing-impaired children in Hai Graoui. This research uses interviews with the deaf teachers, the deaf pupils, and other specialised individuals in addition to classroom observations as a research methodology to collect data, analyse it, and to find results. The case study revealed a diverse number of results. These results reflect some challenges and barriers encountered by the deaf teachers and their deaf pupils as well. Hence, some suggested strategies and recommendations on the findings are given as barriers-free and solutions, to change the current situation and to improve the special education system used for the deaf and enhance their learning process, linguistic development, and their academic performance in the future as far as possible.

O autorze

Abdelouafi, Hicham
Mr. Hicham Abdelouafi holds a Master's degree in linguistics. Currently, he is working as a temporary teacher of English at the department of Human sciences at University Ahmed Draia Adrar-Algeria.