The purpose of this study is to inquire into what effects the sign language instruction through orally narrated stories has on the vocabulary improvement for children with hearing impairment. As for the purpose of this study, firstly; it was to invest...
The purpose of this study is to inquire into what effects the sign language instruction through orally narrated stories has on the vocabulary improvement for children with hearing impairment. As for the purpose of this study, firstly; it was to investigate how much the expressive language improved after the sign language instruction through orally narrated stories was executed for the children with hearing impairment, secondly; it was to investigate how much the receptive language improved after the sign language instruction through orally narrated stories was executed for the children with hearing impairment, and thirdly; it was to investigate what difference in the language use of the children took place in their home environment.
Though the results appeared to have differences among children, the results in general are as follows.
First, the sign language instruction program through orally narrated stories was effective on the improvement of expressive language ability of the children with hearing impairment. It was disclosed that the expression of adverbs and adjectives was improved little by little, which were difficult for them when they learn learning with oral method.
Second, the sign language instruction program through orally narrated stories was effective on the improvement of receptive language ability of the children with hearing impairment.
Third, the sign language instruction program through orally narrated stories had the positive influence on the language use attitude of the children with hearing impairment at their home. There were many cases in which they were trying to talk about their own opinions with positive attitude even at home as well as at their schools and kindergartens, so that it could cause their main fosterer to think about the necessity of finger language education, not only for the children with hearing impairment but also the fosterer themselves.
As shown above, it is assumed that carrying out the simultaneous education of sign language may be effective on the language development of the children with hearing impairment rather than emphasizing the oral method only based on the demands of parents or the necessity of teachers.