Bilingualism in deaf children Peruvians

Authors

  • Hilda Figueroa Pozo Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón

Keywords:

bilingualism, Deaf, oral language, sign language, sign language interpreters

Abstract

The aim of this article is to reflect on some relatively uncritical addressed in our country look: bilingualism in deaf people, which, as we know, differs from bilingualism in hearing people who made having a mother tongue, oral, learn a second language, also oral; while deaf refers to the acquisition of sign language (not oral) and learning a spoken language (own country or region). Such reflection will consider experiences and research in some countries as well as in our observations, in order to analyze and discuss the implications, especially educational and psychological exercises that bilingualism in deaf people of Peru. Additionally they seek to show the importance of deaf teacher in the classroom, and the sign language interpreter in mediating communication and learning in the context of bilingual proposal regarding the deaf.

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Author Biography

Hilda Figueroa Pozo, Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón

Licenciada y Magíster en Psicología. Licenciada en Educación. Especialista en audición, lenguaje y problemas de aprendizaje. Candidata al doctorado en Psicología por la Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón, UNIFÉ, Lima. 

Published

2007-12-30

How to Cite

Figueroa Pozo, H. (2007). Bilingualism in deaf children Peruvians. Temática Psicológica, 3(3), 7–14. Retrieved from https://revistas.unife.edu.pe/index.php/tematicapsicologica/article/view/894