Universidade Federal de Uberlndia Instituto de Letras e Lingstica

English teachers preparation for teaching deaf

Author: Valquria Pedroso Santos (ILEEL/UFU) Superviser:Prof. Dr. Dilma Maria de MELLO (ILEEL/UFU)

AIM(s):
Research Questions:

This study aims to examine and understand the preparation of teachers to teach English for the disable hearing students.

1) How was your academic preparation to teach English for the deaf? 2)Which were the difficulties encountered from you to teach English for disable hearing students on the firsts contacts with them ?

THEORY
During my research I was based in: A incluso escolar do deficiente auditivo : Contribuies para o debate educacional from Wenderson Honorato Incio (2009).

RESEARCH METHOD
Questionnaire sent by email

Research Tools:
Emails, questionnaire, investigation and analyses.

Participants:
English Teachers.

RESULTS
Tornar o deficiente auditivo um usurio de Libras que seja capaz de interpretar e desenvolver textos em ingls um grande desafio. Quando falamos de aprendizagem dedicada a portadores de necessidades especiais, estamos lidando com grandes desafios. Contudo, para trabalharmos com os mesmos, devemos sempre estar abertos a novas experincias e sempre procurarmos novos meios didticos para facilitar o contato de aprendizagem com estes.

REFERENCES
FRANCELIN & MOTTI, Madalena e telma; Questes atuais sobre o ensino para deficientes auditivos no Brasil. INCIO, Wanderson; A incluso escolar do deficiente auditivo: Contribuies para o debate educacional. ( 20/04/2009 )