scholarly journals Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Students' Individual Differences in Foreign Language Learning

2015 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kata Csizér ◽  
Katalin Piniel ◽  
Edit Kontráné Hegybíró
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Hard Of Hearing ◽  
Foreign Language Learning

An investigation into the relationship of foreign language learning motivation and sign language use among Deaf and hard of hearing Hungarians

2013 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edit H. Kontra ◽  
Kata Csizér
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Sign Language ◽  
Hard Of Hearing ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Language Learning Motivation ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The aim of this study is to point out the relationship between foreign language learning motivation and sign language use among hearing impaired Hungarians. In the article we concentrate on two main issues: first, to what extent hearing impaired people are motivated to learn foreign languages in a European context; second, to what extent sign language use in the classroom as well as outside school shapes their level of motivation. The participants in our research were 331 Deaf and hard of hearing people from all over Hungary. The instrument of data collection was a standardized questionnaire. Our results support the notion that sign language use helps foreign language learning. Based on the findings, we can conclude that there is indeed no justification for further neglecting the needs of Deaf and hard of hearing people as foreign language learners and that their claim for equal opportunities in language learning is substantiated.

Learning a foreign language by cochlear implant users

2017 ◽  
Vol LXXVIII (1) ◽  
pp. 17-27
Author(s):  
Ewa Domagała-Zyśk ◽  
Agnieszka Kłos-Dacka
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Cochlear Implants ◽  
Hard Of Hearing ◽  
English Language ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Hearing Impairments ◽  
Communication Techniques ◽  
And Performance

Learning a foreign language is a special challenge for students with hearing impairments as it requires not only developing necessary strategies to learn all language skills in another language, but also overcoming specific perceptual and performance difficulties. The methodology of foreign language teaching to students with hearing impairments describes this process with reference to deaf and hard-of-hearing students of various ages who have various degrees of hearing impairment and who use various communication techniques. However, experiences relating to foreign language learning by people with cochlear implants have not been studied so far. These are students with unique characteristics whose hearing impairments are usually severe or profound and, at the same time, whose functioning is similar to the functioning of hard-of-hearing people thanks to their cochlear implants. It is assumed that their full inclusion in education in mainstream schools and social integration are possible.The article presents the issue of teaching the English language as a foreign language to students with hearing impairments who use cochlear implants (three case studies), especially in the context of the level of independent learning, beliefs concerning foreign language learning, foreign language classroom anxiety or lack of anxiety, and the scope of learning to read, write, speak and listen in a foreign language. In the study, a questionnaire designed by the authors was used as well as the scale FLCAS (Horwitz, Horwitz, Cope, 1986), autonomous scale (Macaskill, Taylor, 2010) and subscale BALLI (Horowitz, 1999).

The Influence of Working Memory on Second Language Learning

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 1819
Author(s):  
Yanan Guo
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Vocabulary Acquisition ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Learning Ability ◽  
The Individual

The learning ability of a foreign language means the tendency people present when studying a second language. It is already accepted abroad that the learning capacity of a foreign language is one of the factors to predict the individual differences of the language learning results. Working memory is the important concept of cognitive psychology, and has great influence on many aspects of language learning (vocabulary acquisition, language understanding, language performance, reading comprehension and so on). So working memory is regarded as the important element of learning ability of a foreign language. As to the research at home so far, the concentration has been purely on academic reasoning as well as the introduction to research abroad during a selected period. The author of the paper is, having experimented with the psychological research mode, trying to analyze the individual differences in the foreign language learning because of their working memory which affects their vocabulary acquisition.

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