Visually Oriented Teaching Strategies with Deaf Preschool Children

摘要: Publisher Summary This chapter describes how a native signer teaches in preschool classroom with five deaf children who entered minimal communicative competence. None of the had acquired linguistic skills, either sign language or English, before entering school at age three. presents review story, Three Little Kittens that been read to students. In this review, teacher does not story but rather asks about story. The study demonstrates helps students adapt situation. It specifically focuses on uses questions; elicits answers; responds classifier predicates, role playing, and miniature signs; adapts signs specific actions depicted pictures; changes English words show sound-related concepts visual concepts. findings suggest communicate effectively those are prelingually have competence, must be competent use different forms American Sign Language (ASL).