ERIC Number: EJ1051531
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Oct
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1657-0790
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Teacher: Can You See What I'm Saying? A Research Experience with Deaf Learners (Profe: ¿Puedes "ver" lo que estoy diciendo? Una experiencia de investigación con alumnos sordos)
Ávila Caica, Olga Lucía
PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, v13 n2 p131-146 Oct 2011
This paper reports a study carried out with eleven deaf volunteers who belonged to different academic programs at a Colombian public university but did not receive English instruction as part of their professional training. The main goal of the research study was to identify the effect of using Internet resources as support for the design and development of a blended English course for deaf university students. The data were collected by means of surveys, artifacts, logs and a recorded interview to understand what worked well for deaf students and what barriers could interfere with their English learning. The study revealed some insights into the learning process of deaf students and their preference for collaborative learning and tasks linked to visual media.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Deafness, Internet, Educational Technology, Blended Learning, English (Second Language), Surveys, Interviews, Barriers, Second Language Instruction, Learning Processes, Sign Language, Undergraduate Students, Technology Uses in Education, Hearing Impairments, Cooperative Learning, Action Research, Video Technology, Documentation, Content Analysis, Language Skills, Personal Autonomy
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia
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