Language and Accessibility Issues in Curriculum and Assessment plus workshops in Art & Design, Modern Languages, Environmental Studies
Presented in November 2005
Teaching a Foreign Language to Deaf Children
Angela Brown
Principal Teacher Sensory Service, Moray
Why Teach a Deaf child a foreign language when they have problems with English?
We will make it work
They learn the rules of their own language
German
- All nouns have capital letters
- Ich bin elf Jahre alt.
- I am 11(years old)
- Ich habe einen Bruder
- I have a brother
In French it is the opposite but it has a similar effect.
Some proper Nouns don’t have capital letters.
lundi Monday
l’espagagnol Spanish
janvier January
Deaf children learn vocabulary through the foreign language
L’isolemont isolated
Récréation break
La valise case
Le voyage journey
Apotheke chemist
Donnerstag Thursday
Zuschlag supplement
Deaf children learn the importance of word order through the foreign language
Ich gehe mit meinem Hund spazieren
I go with my dog to walk
I take my dog for a walk
Je voudrais bien aller à la piscine
I would like good to go to the swimming pool
I would enjoy going to the swimming pool
Deaf Children do not hear the language so we have to be their ears
You have to adapt the language using speech sounds familiar to the child
These have to be individual.
Some suggestions that I use
| drei | drI | 3 |
| vier | feer | 4 |
| fünf | foonf | 5 |
| sechs | sechs | 6 |
| neun | noyn | 9 |
| zehn | tsayn | 10 |
| trois | trwa | 3 |
| quatre | katri | 4 |
| cinq | sangk | 5 |
| huit | ooweet | 8 |
| neuf | nif | 9 |
This can be done for sentences even long passages
This is part of a speaking test I prepared with a student
You can also do for a speaking exercise.
| Pendant les vacances je suis | pongdang lay vakong zhi swee | During the holidays I |
| allée en Espagne. | alay ong espani | went to Spain |
| Je suis allé a l’avion | Zhi swee alay a lavee yong | I went by plane. |
| Pendant le vol j’ai bravardé | pondon li vol zhay bravarday | During the flight I spoke |
| avec ma mère et ma soeur. | avek ma mer ay ma sir | to my mother and sister. |
| J’ai voyagé en famille. | Zhay voyazhay ong fameeyi | I went with my family. |
| Mes parents pensent que | may parong pongsong ki | My parents think |
| je suis trop jeune pour | zhi swee tro zhin poor | I am too young to |
| partir seule en vacances. | parteer sil ong vakongs | go on holiday myself. |
| J’aimerais le mieur aller en | zhaymeray li mir alay ong | I would prefer to go on |
| vacances avecmes copines | vakongs avek may kopeen | holiday with my friends |
| mais je n’ai pas assez à l’argent | may zhi nay pa asay a larzhong | but I don’t have enough money |
Students learn about their own language
- Verb Tenses
- Regular and irregular verbs
- Adjectives
- Nouns
- Word order
- Vocabulary