Teacher Strategy in Developing Language and Speaking Skills for Deaf Children at SLB-N Kapten Halim Purwakarta

Abstract

Someone who can speak must be supported by good hearing, because language acquisition is formed through the process of imitating and listening. If hearing function is impaired, the process of language acquisition and communication will also experience obstacles. Deaf children are children who experience hearing loss which is classified into deaf and hard of hearing which will have an impact on hampering verbal or oral communication. This research aims to find out teachers' strategies for developing language and speaking skills in deaf children. The method in this research is descriptive qualitative with data collection in the form of observations, interviews and documentation. This research was conducted at SBL Negeri Captain Halim Purwakarta with the subject being a teacher who taught deaf children. From the results of observations, researchers concluded that the development of children's language skills can be obtained from conversation or total communication and the use of strategies in learning can be done using reading, storytelling, writing, speech reading methods, also equipped with forms of signs that can improve language and speaking skills for deaf children. at SLB Negeri Captain Halim Purwakarta.