Cultural Literacy for Deaf Learners
Hearing Factors x Literacy
We typically learn many early reading concepts through what we hear, but also what we can touch, see, and manipulate.
We typically learn many literacy concepts through what we hear, but also what we can touch, see, and manipulate.
We typically learn to understand many complex literacy concepts through what we hear, but also what we can touch, see, and manipulate.
How to incorporate cultural literacy
Literacy 7-12
For adolescent learners, the Composition process can become more robust, as learners begin to express ideas through multiple media, which includes visual, audio, and digital production.
Literacy 7-12
When adolescents can connect and communicate with authentic audiences about their interests and values, reading and writing become more personally meaningful and relevant.
Literacy 7-12
Physically acting out a text or enacting major themes from texts enhances reading comprehension, particularly as texts become more complex.
Literacy 7-12
Providing multiple texts on the same topic or theme allows students to interact with multiple perspectives and develop their critical thinking skills.
Literacy 7-12
When students express information visually, they are activating more cognitive processes while problem solving and increasing their experience with alternate texts.
Literacy 7-12
Learning about students' cultures and connecting them to instructional practices helps foster a Sense of Belonging and mitigate Stereotype Threat.
Literacy 7-12
Selecting culturally responsive reading materials, including multicultural and diverse texts, is critical for supporting all students.
Literacy 7-12
Reading aloud to adolescents models Reading Fluency as texts become more complex and disciplinary in nature and therefore, more difficult to understand.
