Dear Lloyd and Mary
Thanks for your responses. The student is profoundly deaf but does
not use BSL - has always used lip-reading and lip-speaking.
This is very helpful and I would certainly like to have a look at the
material that you have developed. My address is at the bottom of
this mail.
Best wishes
Hannah
On 20 Nov 2003, at 10:30, Ensor, Mary wrote:
Dear Hannah
BATOD the British Association of Teachers of the Deaf publish a
booklet on it. I have a copy. BATOD also run training days on this
and have a register of people trained to do it for the exam boards.
Batod has a good website.
There are useful guidelines such as keeping to the true sense of
the
test or exam by retaining technical language and only changing the
'carrier' language if necessary, checking for passive language as
active is clearer, checking for ambiguous meaning and words with
double meaning. Write short sentences rather than longer ones.
Use
plain English as far as possible. If writing multiple choice questions
make a clear statement at the start and then a question relating to
the choices.
The general layout of the paper is also very important as the visual
message of layout is very powerful.
I can send you some materials I have developed for training people
to
be able to modify material if you are interested.
Best wishes
Mary Ensor
Tutor coordinator
For training people to teach deaf people post 16
Note taker training courses
-----Original Message-----
From: Hannah Young [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 19 November 2003 12:48
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Subject: Modified Exam Papers
Dear All
Does anyone have any advice on modifying exam papers for a
hearing impaired student? I have looked at the archive and there is
some info - but I wondered whether anyone has recent experience
to
share?
Thanks,
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Dr Hannah Young
University Disability Adviser
Diversity and Equal Opportunities Unit
University of Oxford
University Offices
Wellington Square
Oxford OX1 2JD
Tel: 01865 280459
Fax: 01865 280300
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