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ASSESSMENT OF NARRATIVE DISCOURSE AND ITS PRECURSORS IN STUDENTS WITH HEARING LOSS: INFLUENCE OF COMMUNICATIVE METHODS
This work studies one of the key issues facing hearing loss students:
- the organisation of narrative discourse (comprehension and production of narratives and texts) and
- the prior cognitive – language bases that support it.
The purpose of this research is to provide criteria for developing early-intervention strategies that induce hearing loss students to progress in thinking and narrative discourse, adapting these strategies to the needs posed at each point of the child’s learning process. All this ensures these educational practices have an impact on optimising the acquisition of literacy.
This research is part of a larger study “The assessment of students with hearing loss in Catalonia”, commissioned by the Directorate General for Educational Planning and Innovation of the Generalitat de Catalunya Department of Education, which was published in November 2002.
The conclusions of this research highlight the unquestionable importance of reinforcing the early acquisition of oral language for access to literacy through educational practices that optimise the achieving of this basic instrumental technique for the development of all learning.
Reference: Silvestre, N. and Ramspott, A. (2004): “Assessment of narrative discourse and its precursors in students with hearing loss: influence of communicative methods”. FIAPAS Journal, March-June 2004, No.97-98 FIAPAS Supplement.