Sign Language Hand Code Training as an Early Intervention Program for Year One Pupils with Hearing Impairment in Ipoh, Perak: A Case Study
Latihan Kod Tangan Bahasa Isyarat sebagai Program Intervensi Awal bagi Murid Kurang Upaya Pendengaran Tahun 1 di Ipoh, Perak: Satu Kajian Kes
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https://doi.org/10.37134/jpak.vol11.2.8.2022Keywords:
Early intervention program, Sign language skills, Pupils with hearing impairments, Case studyAbstract
This study was aimed to investigate sign language skills of Kod Tangan Bahasa Malaysia (KTBM) as the early intervention program for learning sign language skills. KTBM introduced to ensure the communication of pupils with hearing impairments were introduced sign language skills hand code. This study was descriptive in the nature and data collected based on the qualitative approach paradigm. Semi-structured interviews conducted on four respondents, namely teachers and parents of the pupils with hearing impairments. The study showed that teachers argued that factors of sign language skills selected due to support the pupils in the teaching and learning process, easy-to-use sign language and parental fluency sign language skills. The interviewed findings presented on the controversy over the appropriate medium of instruction for pupils with hearing impairments is briefly discussed. This present study suggested that sign language training for the students with hearing impairments should given as early as possible before they were entered Year One to support the teaching and learning processes as well as more options of communication strategies for students with hearing impairments in the future.
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