Teaching English and Science to the Deaf Students

EasyChair Preprint 6722

Abstract

Deaf students need special class room settings where a teacher is supported by an interpreter who performs the gestures for the students. This paper presents the role of technologies and techniques in the teaching English and Science to the deaf students. Furthermore, it highlights the usage and importance of avatar technology in improving the teaching process of deaf students. Different researchers have presented many techniques for teaching English and Science to deaf students. For example, AR Book, E-Gloves, animated software, and interactive software, ICT based technology. The Avatar approach also plays an important role. An Avatar approach provides a platform where teachers teach easily English words, phrases and sentences more accurately, more efficiently and in a low cost. The Basic purpose of avatar approach is to minimize the workload of teachers as an important instructing help.

Keyphrases: Avatar, Pakistan Sign Language, Technologies, deaf students, teaching

@booklet{EasyChair:6722,
  author    = {Afnan Zafar and Hira Gull and Uzma Farooq and Mohd Shafry Mohd Rahim and Adnan Abid},
  title     = {Teaching English and Science to the Deaf Students},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 6722},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2021}}