Course: SPED 565. Teaching Written English to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students (3)
Prerequisites or Corequisites: SPED 406, SPED 560. Corequisite: SPED 561D. This course is a systematic examination of various systems and methods that have been used to teach written English to deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Exploration of the facilitative role of ASL fluency on the subsequent acquisition of written English skills will be addressed. Strategies and activities are presented and practiced for assessing and developing the written English skills of deaf and hard-of-hearing students.