SP ED 6540 - Teaching Language to Students with Hearing Impairments (0-21)

Meets with SP ED 5540. The ramifications of a hearing impairment on normal language development are the focus of this course. The course is designed to enable students to understand the structural organization of language and linguistic concepts related to teaching language to hearing impaired children. Principles, techniques, strategies, and methods in language perception, comprehension, and expression are taught. Emphasis is on identification of assessments, programming, planning, and teaching techniques on the pre-school, elementary, and secondary levels. Field hours required.