Practices on Providing Sign Language Interpretation: at Minilik II Preparatory School

Mamo, Alemayehu (2014) Practices on Providing Sign Language Interpretation: at Minilik II Preparatory School. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.

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Abstract

The main purpose of this study was assessing the practices of sign language interpretation in one of the preparatory school found in Addis which serves deaf students together. To achieve the objective this study, data were collected from 6 interpreters, 3 coordinators, 53 hearing impaired students and 6 of their teachers who attended the school when the research has done. The data gathered was analyzed and interpreted with the qualitative methods. The finding indicated that there is no encouraging classroom setting and fruitful educational interpreting services. These in turn had created communication gaps and the students’ gradually had lost academic satisfaction. Based on this the researcher recommended measures that can ease the problem by improving classroom setting and interaction, enhancing the awareness and capacity of teachers, students, interpreters and families, as well as place and strengthen support and monitoring and evaluation system

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Special Needs Education
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1501 Primary Education L Education > LC Special aspects of education P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions:	Africana
Depositing User:	Andriamparany Edilbert RANOARIVONY
Date Deposited:	02 Aug 2018 12:58
Last Modified:	02 Aug 2018 12:58
URI:	http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/8351

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