Language Practices in the Ci-Classroom
Issue: Vol 5 No. 1 (2014)
Journal: Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders
Subject Areas: Linguistics
Abstract:
Prelingually deafened children are nowadays likely to receive a cochlear-implant (ci). As these children undertake their language acquisition with a cochlear implant they require constant and lifelong rehabilitation and support. Educational staff are instructed on how to work with ci-children in the form of guidelines and workshops.
This paper discusses language practices used in the setting of a school for children with cochlear-implants. These children encounter language and pronunciation problems that accompany pre-lingual deafness and hearing with a cochlear implant. I examine two practices which are used during the storytelling activity: repeat requests and questions. Whereas repeat requests are used in ci-therapy, questions have been shown to be instrumentalized for educational purposes in the setting of a school. I will reveal the educational/rehabilitational issues that are linked to these practices.
Author: Eleni Mourtou
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