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From: Rhona Magee <[log in to unmask]>
Organization: University of Plymouth
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Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 9:06:46 GMT
Subject: deaf students
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The following was forwarded to me by a colleague at UOP who received
it via another list. Perhaps someone on dis-forum has useful advice
to pass on.
Alison Courtney
I wonder whether someone out there may be able to help?
I have a profoundly deaf student who needs a 'language modified' paper for his
Accounting exams (this is due to the fact that he is pre-linguistically deaf ie has
never had a language) .... does anyone have experience of setting language
modified papers, and/or know of useful sources of literature?
Since this is my first posting, I should perhaps include a brief word
about me! I am in my third year of working as a lecturer in
Accounting & Finance at South Bank Uni, and my research interests
focus on Accounting/Professional Education at the mo.
Thank you for reading. Happy Monday!
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Penny White
Accounting division
Room L11
ext. 7814
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Subject: Re: Special needs : 'Language modified' paper
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 97 13:26:30 +0000
From: "j.t.e.richardson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: isl <[log in to unmask]>
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This is in response to Penny White's query but may be of interest to
others. I suspect that she MEANT to say that her student's first
language was British Sign Language and that he reads but does not speak
or understand speech in his second language, English. I would have
assumed that any special requirements which this student may have would
have been evaluated at the time of his admission to South Bank University
by appropriate counselling staff. To avoid the possibility of appeals
and even subsequent litigation, I'd advise Penny to consult with such
staff and with her Registry.
Anyhow, to turn to the practical matter in her message. There's a useful
document concerning students in further education which contains an
appendix on the preparation of examination papers and other assessment
materials. The gist of the advice is essentially to write in plain
English and to avoid abstract or metaphorical language (which most
academics would do well to follow anyway, whoever they are writing for).
Nevertheless, the appendix contains specific guidelines which I have
found very helpful in preparing materials for research with students with
hearing loss. The reference is:
Nickerson, W., Zannettou, I., and Sutton, J. (1986). Succeeding with the
deaf student in college (Special Needs Occasional Paper No. 4). York:
Longman Group Resources Unit.
I believe that I found this at the Institute of Education's library,
although there may also be a copy at the RNID Library as well. There may
be people at RNID who could advise, too.
John Richardson
Alison Courtney
South West Regional Access Centre
Room 10, Babbage Building
University of Plymouth
Drake Circus
Plymouth, PL4 8AA
Tel: 01752 232253
Fax: 01752 232279
Minicom: 01752 232285
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