{"id":166387,"date":"2025-09-29T12:33:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T09:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azbuki.bg\/?p=166387"},"modified":"2025-09-29T12:33:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T09:33:17","slug":"sign-supported-speech-multimodal-technique-in-english-language-teaching-of-bulgarian-hearing-impaired-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bel.azbuki.bg\/en\/uncategorized\/sign-supported-speech-multimodal-technique-in-english-language-teaching-of-bulgarian-hearing-impaired-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Sign Supported Speech Multimodal Technique in English Language Teaching of Bulgarian Hearing Impaired Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Diyana Georgieva<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Trakia University<\/em> <em>(Bulgaria)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/ped2025-7.04\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/ped2025-7.04<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong>. This paper is dedicated to an experimental study, that aims to identify the effect of Sign Supported Speech on the optimization of teaching English language to Bulgarian hearing impaired children. The study involves 32 deaf and hard of hearing children (ages 9 \u2013 11), divided into 2 equal-sized groups, one of which underwent a 14-week communicative intervention. Receptive and expressive skills were assessed in three domains: vocabulary, grammar, and pragmatics. A significant effect of SSS on vocabulary (F (1. 29) = 7.52, p&lt; .001, partial \u03b72 = 0.24) and grammatical (F (1. 29) = 6.29, p= .02, partial \u03b72 = 0.21) knowledge was identified. At the same time, the results of the pragmatic subtest showed no statistical improvement after SSS application (F (1. 29) = .01, p= .94, partial \u03b72 = 0.00). The recorded positive influence of SSS on the development of English communicative skills in Bulgarian deaf children does not negate the need for future research to confirm and build on the results of this study.<\/p>\n<p><em>Keywords<\/em><em>:<\/em> English language teaching; hearing impaired children; multimodal; sign supported speech; total communication approach<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bel.azbuki.bg\/en\/member-login\/\">Log in to read the full text<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diyana Georgieva Trakia University (Bulgaria) https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/ped2025-7.04 Abstract. This paper is dedicated to an experimental study, that aims to identify the effect of Sign Supported Speech on the optimization of teaching English language to Bulgarian hearing impaired children. 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