Challenges for Methodological Designs and Proposed Alternative Instruction for Teaching English Grammar to Thai Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students

Abstract

Grammar is a foundation of language, as all languages consist of rules and usage. Learning English grammar is challenging for Thai EFL learners because of the contrastive grammatical features between Thai and English. Learning English grammar is even more difficult for Thai deaf and hard-of-hearing students since they have limited tools and cues for acquiring English grammar. This paper discusses possible challenges in teaching English grammar to deaf and hard-of-hearing students and reviews some teaching methodologies that might be effective for deaf and hard-of-hearing Thai EFL students. The authors also introduce the WebQuest instruction as a promising alternative instruction of English grammar for this group of students. 
  

A Needs Analysis for English as a Foreign Language Instruction for Thai Senior Secondary School Students with Hearing Impairment

“…Moreover, the learning of the deaf can also be hampered by the existence of various systems of sign languages used in Thailand, such as the Original Bangkok Sign Language, the Original Chiang Mai Sign Language, and Thai Sign Language or ThSL which is the only official sign language recognized by the government in the educational context of students with hearing impairment (Woodward et al, 2015;Subin, 2022).…”