LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT FOR DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING STUDENTS

Catalog description

(Slashed with SPED 53310 ) Reviews research, theories and theorists in the field of language development for hearing and deaf children; develops awareness of language differences commonly demonstrated by deaf and hard-of hearing children; demonstrates ways to assess linguistic differences and facilitate instruction. Six topic areas include theories of language development (review), language and cognition, normal language acquisition in signed and spoken languages, child-caregiver interaction, language learning in a bilingual setting and language assessment. Students gain foundational understanding of language development and awareness of classroom applications for this knowledge. Deaf Education majors must achieve a minimum grade of B (3.000) in SPED 43309 before registering for this course.