SURPASSING THE COMPLEXITIES OF SIGN
LANGUAGE IN AN INCLUSIVE CLASS: A
PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY
An Outline Proposal Presented to the
Faculty of the Senior High School,
Carmen National High School
Jose Rizal
Andres Bonifacio
Antonio Luna
INTRODUCTION
• Teaching English subjects proves to be challenging in the Senior
High School Curriculum especially in an inclusive classroom
context. The teacher lacks or even absence of proper training in
handling students with special needs and doesn't know even adds
to the burden. Beside the problem on communications through
sign language and strategies to keep the interest of those who
have short attention span, teacher preparation, professional
development might also of interest and many more might come
along the way. Thus, it is not easy for teachers to handle the
class well, attract the student’s attention to the lesson, and let the
students be independent at the same time (Rizal, 2020).
• In Davao del Norte Division, the implementation of the inclusive
education program of the Department of Education is very
challenging. One of the challenges is the presence of only one
special education-trained teacher versus the heavy influx of SpED
enrollees.
• Despite the passion to teach, hesitance and discomfort hinder non-
SpeD-trained teachers in dealing with students with special needs in
English classes. Most of them are in a process of exploring
techniques and strategy how to become an effective teacher for
students with hearing impaired, deaf, mute and late development.
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Research Gap
• Numerous studies have been conducted about the experiences of teachers
in teaching learners with special needs such as the study of (Sito, 2020 &
Fuente, 2021). Also, Ando (2019), who studied the experiences of sign
language teachers dealing with children with special needs in education.
However, most of the existing studies are focusing on mathematics and
science subject. There is an English but it focuses only on the
implementation of the sign language in the Junior level. No studies have
been established that deals with the experiences of teachers teaching
English subjects to learners with varied special needs in the Senior High
School. This prompted us as researcher to conduct this study in order to
reveal the experiences of senior high school English teachers in teaching
students with special needs in English subject.
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Purpose
• The purpose of this study is to understand the
present situation of the English teachers
teaching English to students with special
needs through the lens of English teachers
and describe how the present situation affects
the teaching of Senior High School English
teachers.
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• Definition of Terms
•
• For a comprehensive understanding of the study, the
following terms will be
• used in the study were defined conceptually and
operationally.
• Senior High School. It is a secondary school for Grade
11 and Grade 12 students ages16-18 (CollinsDictonary).
In this study, it refers to the public Secondary school in
Davao del Norte offers inclusive class for students with
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Research Question
1. What are the lived experiences of the English teachers in
teaching deaf
and hearing impaired students in an inclusive class?
2. How do English teachers cope with the challenges in teaching
deaf and
hearing impaired students in an inclusive class?
3. What are the insights of the English Teachers on issues handling
deaf and hearing impaired students n an inclusive class that can be
shared to others?
TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVE ON DUAW TULUNGHAAN: A QUALITATIVE
INQUIRY
Theoretical Lens
• This study is gleaned from the proposition of Roberston
(2016) who asserted the responsibility of the teachers who
need to be fluent in sign language in dealing the hearing
impaired learners in a mainstream education.
• Another theory is the Bruner's scaffolding theory of which
he considered learning as a shared or a joint process in a
responsive social context. In this instructional scaffolding,
children are capable of far more competent performance
when they have proper assistance from adults.
Scope and Limitations of the Study
• This study will choose six (6) participants from teachers in
a public Senior High School within the Division of Davao
del Norte. Notably, they are English teachers in Senior
High Schools teaching English subjects like. Oral
Communication, Reading and Writing and English for
Academic Professional Purposes. This will be conducted
from February to April for this school year 2022-2023.
Importance of the Study
• The findings of this study are significant to;
a.English teachers. Hence they shall have the opportunity to be given an
appropriate training focuses on teaching strategies and techniques on
how to teach English subjects to students with special needs.
b.It will also benefit the learners with special needs in the Senior High
School inclusive class since they are the end beneficiary for this study.
c.In addition, school administrators of learning resource center could
benefit from the study for they may use the results in the crafting policies
and guidelines for the development of the English curriculum in the senior
high school inclusive class.
Definition of Terms
For a comprehensive understanding of the study, the following terms will be
used in the study were defined conceptually and operationally.
• Senior High School. It is a secondary school for Grade 11 and Grade 12
students ages16-18 (CollinsDictonary). In this study, it refers to the public
Secondary school in Davao del Norte offers inclusive class for students with
special needs.
• English Teachers. Someone whose job is to teach English language
(Campbridge University Press). In this study, it refers to the subjects IN
Senior High School under English Curriculum such as, Oral communication,
Reading and Writing,21st Century Literature, English for Academic
Research Design
Qualitative phenomenological design
Creswell (2014) believed that qualitative research
is a good fit in addressing questions calls for an
exploration of the problem or issue. It can provide
insights to understand of underlying reasons,
opinions and motivation from the participants’
perspectives.
Research Participants
• In this study, there are six (6) participants in this
qualitative study who will be interviewed. All of the 6
participants are English teachers from senior high schools
from the Carmen National High School.
• Purposive sampling will be to determine the number of 6
participants, following Creswell's (2013) proposal that the
examined group should consist of 6 to 14 participants.
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Role of the Researcher
Researchers must and must function as
• an interviewer,
• moderator,
• recorder-the one who assures recording of the entire
interview and discussion,
• transcriber or encoder, translator to English and the data
analyst.
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Data Sources
Based from the result of an In-depth
interview.
An interview guide contained open ended
questions.
Some related studies and literature
Role of the Researcher-
active as a listener
interviewer in gathering the data by conducting in-
depth interviews.
Observer
Encoder.
Transcriber
Data Collection Procedure
The data collection are through in-depth interview.
create first a permission letter
Second, the researcher will seek approval from the
Division Superintendent of Davao del Norte Division.
Meet the Principal to ask permission to conduct in-depth
interview.
Trustworthiness of the Study
• Trustworthiness of this study will be
discussed using Shenton (2004)
qualitative validation which follows
credibility, transferability, dependability
and confirmability.
Ethical Consideration
The participants of this study will be asked to
read and sign the informed assent before
involving them in the study. I will also use the
Belmont Report Application namely: Respect
for persons, Beneficence and Justice. In
accordance to the ethical aspects of the study
as stated by Kimmel (2007).
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