Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id fA9Flb000201; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 10:47:37 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 10:47:37 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3BEBF6B2.70B65E2F@san-marcos.isd.tenet.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Vicki Alford <vicki.alford@san-marcos.isd.tenet.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3755] Introduction X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) Status: O Content-Length: 995 Lines: 17 Hello, I am new to the list and should introduce myself. My name is Vicki and I work with deaf and hard of hearing students in the 7th-12th grade levels. I have been teaching deaf and hard of hearing students for 9 years. Because my students' greatest deficit is in reading, I decided to go back to school and get my Masters in Reading and become a Reading Specialist. Through this work I have learned that my students' reading problems stemmed from a lack of phonological and phonemic awareness, and a lack of knowledge regarding the alphabetic principal. Research supporst this....the better deaf readers use some kind of phonological recoding while reading, just like skilled hearing readers! Because of this, I have gone back and become trained in Alphabetic Phonics. I have been using it for two years with my students and it has worked wonders! I would be happy to answer any questions you have about deafness and reading, and I look forward to learning from ya'll! Thanks, Vicki
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