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Means of communication and their use at schools for pupils with hearing impairment in Prague and Munich
Vybíralová, Marie ; Hádková, Kateřina (advisor) ; Komorná, Marie (referee)
The presented diploma thesis deals with the means of communication (sign language, signed language, written language, finger alphabet, etc.) used by teachers in schools for pupils with hearing impairment in Prague and Munich. The work is interested in the topic of related educational approaches, which schools, or teachers use, and what means of communication they prefer. Using observation methods and questionnaires, it wants to find out what or who leads the educators to the chosen communication means and what they think about their own communication competencies. In addition, it compares the current situation of this issue at the elementary schools for the hearing impaired in Prague and Bavarian Munich. The first chapter focuses on which kind of pupils are attending schools for the hearing impaired and what are the possibilities for communication. The second chapter deals with approaches to the education of pupils with hearing impairment. In addition to basic approaches (oral, total, bilingual) describes the approach by American linguist D. A. Stewart, which was developed for the needs of the classroom. Before comparing the results of the research, there are two chapters dealing briefly with descriptions and history (particularly from the point of view of communication) of the researched schools....
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Finger alphabets and their application in education in schools for hearing impaired children
Zdrubecká, Anna ; Komorná, Marie (advisor) ; Hudáková, Andrea (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with finger alphabets and their usage in the education of children with hearing impairment.The theoretical part is made up of three chapters, where the author describes the particular types of finger alphabets (one-handed, two-handed) and their form, outlines their historical progress in the areas of the Czech republic and in the global scale, when introducing examples of their use. The thesis includes a practical part, where the author tries to gather information by interviewing teachers from schools for hearing impaired regarding their preferences in relation to the utilization of the finger alphabets. Keywords Finger alphabet (one-handed, two-handed); hearing impairment; schools for hearing impaired; education of children with hearing impairment.
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