Journal of Communication Disorders, Deaf Studies & Hearing Aids
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Department of Communication and Applied Language Studies, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa

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• Research Article   
  Policy and Practice and the Implications on Education of Students who are Deaf: A Case of Two Harare Secondary Schools
  Author(s): Tawanda Matende*, Cathrine Sibanda and Nyasha Malbermore Chandavengerwa
  
  Grounded within critical applied linguistics and specifically within the domain of critical language awareness, this paper investigates the challenges and limitations faced by students who are deaf in progressing to higher and tertiary education. An insight of these challenges is drawn from views and opinions discerned from observations of the teaching and learning process of deaf students in secondary schools in Harare. Owing to the diversity of our research objectives, data collection was triangulated through documentary analysis of selected policies, observations and interviews in order to obtain information on challenges affecting the students who are deaf. Data is presented and analysed using a descriptive approach. The analysis of data shows that deaf students face myriad challenges that include lack of bilingual education for the deaf and proper framework f.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2375-4427.23.11:245

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