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TOPIC SENTENCES TOPIC: HOW TO TEACH STUDENTS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING The focus or training for teachers of the deaf or hard hearing is not on content but on the assessment, characteristics, and management of hearing impairments. These teachers need special skills that they can offer the general educator. GENERAL FEELING ABOUT THE TOPIC: Excited and enjoy the topic because one day I will be a teacher of students who are deaf or hard of hearing.

SUPPORTING SENTENCES BACKGROUND INFORMATION: This topic is interconnected with my course as a teacher to be for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. This topic also tell me about the way to teach them. DETAILS THAT DESCRIBE THE TOPIC: How to teach students who are deaf or hard of hearing Working with an interpreter. If the teacher dont know the sign language, for the student to understand the lessons, the school must provided a sign language interpreter to translated everything that teacher said. When communicating through an interpreter, look at the student and speak directly to him instead of to the interpreter. Learn how to get the attention. Once the teacher get the students attention, the teacher must careful speak slowly and face the student. Encourage to use gestures and facial expression. Its didnt take long before the students picked up on the gestures, and were able to understand what the teacher saying through body language. Using more visual process than verbal process. Using projector or chalkboard to demonstrated and present the exercise or lesson. Repeat and rephrase. Previewing a chapter, study card with key vocabulary and definitions, and reviewing questions at the end of the chapter are helpful.

Cueing. Cueing is a technique used in both spontaneous and structured situations; it helps a child give a correct answer he cannot give independently. o Teacher helps child make response. o Teacher models response and child imitates. o Teacher gives beginning of response. o Teacher nods head yes or no. o Teacher use facial expression.

DETAIL THAT DESCRIBE HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE TOPIC: This is the way that I will try to use when I become a teacher soon. CONCLUDING SENTENCES I feel this topic will be a good guide for teacher who will teach students who are deaf or hard of hearing. This topic will be one of the most important knowledge for that kind of teachers.

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