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Elaine Gale; Patrice Creamer; Deborah Chen Pichler; Diane Lillo-Martin – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2024
The first step in engaging deaf and hard of hearing children in language-rich environments is getting their attention. Hearing teachers intuitively raise their voices as they enter their classes to get students' attention; Deaf teachers intuitively wait for the students to look at them. Deaf sign language teachers report that when hearing students…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Students with Disabilities, Teachers
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Herzig, Melissa – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2014
When working as a teacher of deaf students, Melissa Herzig's school was a magnet high school just five minutes from the border of Mexico, where 95 percent of the students were Latinos. The deaf students' experiences with languages may involve using American Sign Language (ASL), a sign language they may have learned in their home country, English,…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Adolescent Attitudes, Reading Attitudes, Reading Interests