Research on teaching materials of foreign language activity for students in deaf school

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24531179
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Education on school subjects and activities
• Research Institution: Tsukuba University of Technology
• Principal Investigator: INOUE Masayuki 筑波技術大学, 産業技術学部, 准教授 (90553941)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ARAI Takaaki 筑波技術大学, 産業技術学部, 准教授 (70232014) ; YONEYAMA Fumio 筑波技術大学, 産業技術学部, 講師 (20220775)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: デジタル教材 / ユニバーサルデザイン / 聴覚障害教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we focus on "foreign language activity" for deaf and hard-of-hearing students in deaf school. We developed a visual teaching materials incorporating foreign sign languages and subtitles, and we showed that this material is suitable for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Also, we carried out an on-line English lesson with the aid of native American deaf signer and we showed the benefits and problems of on-line lesson.

Free Research Field

福祉工学、情報アクセシビリティ