scholarly journals A phenomenological study of the relationship between deaf students in higher education and their sign language interpreters

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie M. McCray
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (26) ◽  
pp. 201-218
Author(s):  
Lucken Bueno Lucas ◽  
Renan Guilherme Pimentel ◽  
Simone Luccas

The process of school inclusion for people with disabilities is a recent development, especially for the deaf individuals, so the study of how this inclusion process occurs and the teaching of Sciences/Biology for these individuals is still incipient. The objective of this work was to investigate how science/biology teaching takes place for deaf students in the city of Cornélio Procópio-PR and what difficulties are encountered by the students, teachers, and sign language interpreters in the scenario of school inclusion. To reach this goal, we interviewed teachers and interpreters who work in elementary and middle schools of the public network that attend deaf students in Cornélio Procópio. The results of the interviews demonstrated that all those involved in this process face difficulties, the interpreters indicate language as an obstacle to the interpretation of Sciences and Biology classes, since Brazilian Sign Language presents a deficit of lexicons in relation to the Portuguese Language. On the other hand, the main difficulty for the teachers is the lack of preparation to work in classes which include deaf people, jeopardizing not only their interaction with the students, but also the teaching of Sciences and Biology. 


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 6441-6452
Author(s):  
Roberto García Sánchez ◽  
Justo Pedro Hernández González

Comunidad  Sorda es aquella que participa de unos valores culturales y lingüísticos construidos en torno a la lengua de signos y a una concepción visual del mundo. Entre las personas sordas usuarias de la lengua de signos algunas aprendieron a signar en su infancia y otras siendo ya adultas; hay quienes son usuarias de audífonos o implantes cocleares y, entre ellas, hay quienes usan la lengua de signos y quienes no. También debemos mencionar a aquellas personas sordas que, a causa de un sistema educativo no inclusivo, tienen problemas de expresión y comprensión de textos escritos. Al igual que en el resto de la población, entre las personas sordas encontraremos niños, jóvenes, mayores, personas sordas con otra(s) discapacidad(es)... Todas y cada una de ellas con sus necesidades y demandas concretas. Es importante saber que, aun tratándose de un colectivo heterogéneo, todas las personas sordas, cualquiera que sea su tipo o grado de sordera, situación individual e independientemente de que sean o no usuarias de las lenguas de signos, comparten la necesidad de acceder a la comunicación e información del entorno sin barreras de ningún tipo. Por ese motivo es necesario desarrollar un servicio de orientación, asesoramiento y acción tutorial específico para el alumnado sordo que tenga en cuenta sus necesidades y dificultades y que evite cualquier tipo de discriminación o falta de accesibilidad al contenido universitario del tipo que sea. Por lo tanto, es necesario proporcionar este servicio con los recursos audiovisuales necesarios, intérpretes de lengua de signos española y formación continua a la comunidad universitaria. Es fundamental coordinarse con las asociaciones de personas sordas para cumplir los requisitos básicos que garanticen su inclusión, puesto que éstas son las que conocen mejor sus necesidades por la lucha de sus derechos, y orientar a la universidad para la consecución de dicha finalidad.   A Deaf Community is one that participates in cultural and linguistic values built around sign language and a visual conception of the world. Among the deaf people who used sign language, some learned to sign in their childhood and others when they were adults; there are those who use hearing aids or cochlear implants and, among them, there are those who use sign language and those who do not. We will also find deaf people who, because of a non-inclusive educational system, have problems of expression and comprehension of written texts. As in the rest of the population, among the deaf people we will find children, young people, elderly, deaf people with other disability(ies). . . Each and every one of them with their specific needs and demands. It is important to know that, even if it is a heterogeneous collective, all deaf people, whatever their type or degree of deafness, individual situation and regardless of whether or not they are users of sign languages, share the need to access the communication and information of the environment without barriers of any kind. For this reason it is necessary to develop a service of guidance, advice and specific tutorial action for deaf students that takes into account their needs and difficulties and avoids any type of discrimination or lack of accessibility to university content of any kind. Therefore, it is necessary to provide this service with the necessary audiovisual resources, Spanish sign language interpreters and continuing education to the university community. It is essential to coordinate with associations of deaf people to meet the basic requirements to ensure their inclusion, since they are the ones who best know their needs by fighting for their rights, and guide the university to achieve that goal.


2017 ◽  
Vol 08 (04) ◽  
pp. 657-665
Author(s):  
Cesar Gomes de Freitas ◽  
Cristina Maria Delou ◽  
Gildete da Silva Amorim ◽  
Edilene de Melo Teixeira ◽  
Helena Carla Castro

2020 ◽  
Vol LXXXI (3) ◽  
pp. 165-174
Author(s):  
Justyna Kotowicz

Research to date indicates a relationship between reading skills and sign language competences in G people / deaf people. These data, however, only apply to sign languages that have undergone extensive scientific analysis (e.g. American Sign Language). Currently, there are no scientific reports in Poland regarding competences in sign language and in reading in G students / deaf students. For this reason, the present study analyses the relationship between Polish Sign Language (PSL) and understanding of the text read in written Polish. The study involved 52 G students / deaf students with prelingual hearing loss in severe or profound grades I-VI in special primary schools for deaf children and adolescents. Competences at PSL were measured using the Polish Sign Language Grammar Comprehension Test, and comprehension of the text read was tested using the Reading test by Maria Grzywak-Kaczyńska. Hierarchical analysis of multivariate regression showed that competences in PSL are a variable explaining the level of understanding of the read text (in the model the first explanatory the variable was age). Therefore, it has been demonstrated that competences in PSL are relevant to learning to read in Polish among G students / deaf students. The results obtained are important for surdopedagogical practice: they draw attention to the need to improve competences in sign language and to use sign language in the process of learning to read and develop this skill.


2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 520-539
Author(s):  
Susana Couto Pimentel ◽  
Sátila Souza Ribeiro

Resumo: A ampliação do acesso de estudantes surdos à Educação Superior torna necessário um aprofundamento na reflexão sobre como as práticas pedagógicas dirigidas a estes sujeitos influenciam no seu processo de permanência nesse nível de ensino. Este artigo tem por objetivo discutir acerca das estratégias de mediação pedagógica para a permanência de acadêmicos surdos no ensino superior. A partir desse objetivo o texto tece algumas abordagens filosóficas da educação de surdos e desconstruindo “velhos” paradigmas, a partir do advento da Lei da Libras como reconhecimento linguístico. Nesse contexto defende-se a compreensão do sujeito surdo como produtor de conhecimento, portanto, um sujeito social, cultural, cognoscente e político. O procedimento metodológico utilizado para discussão desta temática configurou-se em uma pesquisa bibliográfica, Revisão de Literatura Exploratória, que partiu de uma análise estrita de fontes de estudos já elaborados como livros, artigos e periódicos que tratam sobre os aspectos das estratégias pedagógicas, letramento, cultura e das interações em relação à aprendizagem. Para discussão das estratégias de medição pedagógica voltadas para a permanência de estudantes surdos na Educação Superior autores como COULON (2008); PERLIN (2002); PIMENTEL (2006, 2007, 2012); QUADROS e SCHMIEDT (2006); e VYGOTSKY (1998) dentre outros são utilizados, e apontam como resultados a consolidação de um ensaio teórico e pedagógico que permite a compreensão da temática em questão com vistas a fomentar aprendizagens significativas a fim de favorecer o processo de permanência destes sujeitos.Palavras-chave: Mediação pedagógica, permanência na Educação Superior, estudantes surdos,LibrasAbstract: The expansion of the access of deaf students to Higher Education makes it necessary to deepen the reflection on how the pedagogical practices directed to these subjects influence in their process of permanence in this level of education. This article aims to discuss pedagogical mediation strategies for deaf academics in higher education. From this objective, the text weaves some philosophical approaches to the education of the deaf and deconstructs "old" paradigms, from the advent of the Brazilian Sign Language (known as “LIBRAS”) as a linguistic recognition. In this context it is defended the understanding of the deaf subject as producer of knowledge, therefore, a social, cultural, cognoscent and political subject. The methodological procedure used to discuss this theme was set out in a bibliographic research, Review of Exploratory Literature, which started from a strict analysis of sources of studies already elaborated as books, articles and periodicals that deal with aspects of pedagogical strategies, literacy, Culture and interactions in relation to learning. For discussion of pedagogical measurement strategies aimed at the permanence of deaf students in Higher Education, authors such as COULON (2008); PERLIN (2002); PIMENTEL (2006, 2007, 2012); QUADROS and SCHMIEDT (2006); and VYGOTSKY (1998), among others are used, and point out as results the consolidation of a theoretical and pedagogical essay that allows the understanding of the subject in question with a view to fomenting significant learning in order to favor the permanence process of these subjects.Keywords: Pedagogical mediation, permanence in Higher Education, deaf students, Brazilian Sign Language ( Libras ). 


2020 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silene Pereira MADALENA ◽  
Jane CORREA ◽  
Alina Galvão SPINILLO

Abstract The present study investigated recitation skills, constitutive of the number concept, and their relationship with language skills in the Brazilian Sign Language. Different levels of numerical sequence recitation were identified in 1st to 3rd grade deaf students attending a bilingual Elementary School (Brazilian Portuguese and Brazilian Sign Language), as well as the association between numerical recitation and schooling. The ability to enumerate was associated with specific levels of receptive and expressive language in Brazilian Sign Language.


2009 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleni Kassapi ◽  
Anastasia Efklides ◽  
Hariton M. Polatoglou ◽  
Maria Myronidou ◽  
Maria Teresa Papaioannou

Abstract This paper presents the first project on the formation of Sign Language Interpreters in Greek Universities. At the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the training of sign language interpreters is an experimental project organized by the Social Policy Committee and is carried out in collaboration with the School of English Studies and the Postgraduate Program in Translation and Interpretation Studies. This project has been initiated because of the realization that deaf students represent a linguistic minority in our University. In universities, the growing number of deaf students increases the demand for community and conference interpreting between the Greek sign language and the Greek — general or special — spoken language.


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