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Teaching children that are deaf or hard of hearing to learn the sounds certain letters make to help them to form words can be a problem. There is a new way to help teachers teach their students, so they do not feel as if they are failing them, and students to learn how letters make sounds together to have a better understanding. Students who got to participate in the study did show improvement. Coming up with new things is always good. The most important thing a child learns in school is how to read. When a child has difficulty doing this their school work shows it. When they are behind in first grade they stay behind in most grades because they do not get the help they need. Knowing how to read is one of the most important skills for anyone …show more content…

Most of these students reacted to the study in a positive way. Their reading improved after the study. Not all the students had a significant increase, but all had increase. When they tested over the sounds that the study went over and over ones they did not go over, the students knew more of the sounds they did go over and less of the ones they did not. The study was only limited to a few students in one classroom who were all from the same place. They did not do a lot of different students. Overall the study turned out to be a …show more content…

The way we have our school set up if you do not know how to read you will fail every single subject we offer. It is important to offer innovative ways to do things for students with disabilities. I think this would also be great for more than just students who do not know how to read. Over all I enjoyed this article and what it had to offer. When students cannot use one of their five senses they need help learning. This study has come up with a way to teach them by letting them see instead of letting them hear the sound. The teacher can take a letter magnet and mouth the word, so the student can see how the word is said and what it looks like. They also have signs they make with their hands. This is something most deaf children know how to do, and this helps them. I think sign language should be taught to all children not just those who have trouble hearing. This could be something that could help many

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