ASUGGESTED STRATEGY BASED ON USING GRAPHIC ORGANIZER TO DEVElOP VOCABUlARY FOR DEAF STUDENTS

Abstract

This study aims at designing a strategy for teaching vocabulary to deaf students in the eighth grade. The strategy was designed in a way that overcomes the defects of the book "Hello" which is being taught to both the hearing and the deaf students, and at the same time, a strategy that suits deaf students' abilities and satisfies their needs. The study also aims at finding out the effectiveness of the proposed strategy by teaching eight lessons and administering an achievement test in order to determine the effect of teaching the lessons on deaf students' achievement.

The sample for the study was 26 deaf students in the eighth grade in El- Amal institute, Benha. The sample consisted of male and female students.

The instruments used are, the teacher's manual, and achievement test. Since deaf children depend in learning mainly on their sight. The researcher, during the teaching process, used many kinds of graphic organizers, such as family tree, concept map, 5 square vocabulary sheet.....etc.