Department of Special Needs Education & Rehabilitation: Recent submissions
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Practices and Challenges in Deaf Education in Kenya
(Oxford University Press, 2019)For a long time in Kenya, deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) people were excluded as a result of myths and beliefs surrounding hearing loss and did not receive equal and fair treatment in education as compared to their hearing ... -
South African Sign Language-one language or many? A sociolinguistic question
(1998)In this article we discuss the signed language used by the Deaf community in South Africa, and examine the historical conditions for its emergence. We describe the legal and actual situation of South Afiican Sign Language ... -
The grammar of sign language
(University of South Africa, 1997-01-01)Sign languages are natural visual-gestural languages comparable to other natural spoken languages. Although sign languages share many common universal features, considerable variation may be found amongst them. In this ... -
South African Sign Language-one language or many? A sociolinguistic question
(Stellenbosch Papers, 1998)In this article we discuss the signed language used by the Deaf community in South Africa, and examine the historical conditions for its emergence. We describe the legal and actual situation of South Afiican Sign Language ... -
South African Sign Language and Flemish Sign Language: Similar or different? Corpus-based research focusing on reference tracking
(2007)There are a number of indications for a high degree of similarity between grammars of different sign languages studied so far. These observations are almost exclusively based on the analysis of American, Western European ... -
Constituent order in Flemish Sign Language (VGT) and South African Sign Language (SASL): A cross-linguistic study
(John Benjamins, 2007-01-01)This paper reports on a comparison of word order issues, and more specifically on the order of the verb and its arguments, in two unrelated sign languages: South African Sign Language and Flemish Sign Language. The study ... -
What is South African sign language? What is the South African deaf community
(2009-05-11)SUMMARY What is South African Sign Language? What is the South African Deaf Community? These two questions may look simple but answering them is quite complicated. It is a well-known fact that across the world, the majority ... -
Application of South African sign Language (SASL) in a bilingual-Bicultural approach in education of the deaf
(2010)After contextualising the challenges of deaf education in the twenty-first century in the global context, this study focused on sign language in the environment of bilingual-bicultural education for the deaf in South Africa. ... -
CHAPTER SIXTEEN TEACHERS’ATTITUDES TOWARDS SIGN LANGUAGE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY (ACASE STUDY OF TWO SCHOOLS) IN SOUTH AFRICA
(Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014-10-16)At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the 1996 South African Constitution became a beacon of hope in a world plagued by conflict, poverty and the failure of governments. The Constitution is a monument to the ... -
Effects of television on academic performance and languages acquisition of pre-school children
(IJERN, 2011)Pre-school children come into daily contact with various forms of mass media which influence their academic and social behaviour. Though television has been used to play a monumental role in promotion of education and ... -
Primary School Deaf Childrens’ Competence in Kenyan Sign Language in Kenya: An Investigation
(International Journal of Research, 2015-07-07)This study examined the level of competence of deaf primary children in Kenyan Sign Language and showed the achievements on performance in production and comprehension skills. The study also analyzed the effects of variables ... -
Inclusive Teaching-Learning Strategies to Meet Academic Needs of Learners with Special Needs in Kenya (A Case of Kakamega East Sub-county)
(Institute of Research Advances, 2016-11-01)The national education system has been characterised by inadequate educational management practices and facilities that do not respond well to the challenges faced by Learners with Special Needs (LWSNs). These learners are ...