Effect of Teaching English Stories through Multimedia on Vocabulary Development of Hearing Impaired Students at Elementary Level

Abstract

The current study was entitled as, effect of teaching English stories through multimedia on vocabulary development of hearing impaired students at elementary level. Objective of the study was: (1) to investigate the effects of teaching through stories using multimedia on vocabulary development in English of hearing impaired students; The hypothesis was; There is no significant effect of teaching through stories on vocabulary development in English of hearing impaired students by using multimedia. All thirty (30) students both male and female with hearing impairment of grade 5^th of National Special Education HIC Centre Mardan were selected as a sample of the study. The sample was divided into two equivalent groups, experimental and control using pair random sampling technique. The experimental group was subjected to treatment for a period of five weeks and control group was taught through conventional Pakistan sign language. The present study was experimental in nature, therefore the Pre-test Post-test equivalent group design was used as a design of the study. Data was collected by a multi questions test used before and after treatment and the collected data were analyzed by t-test. It was found that the experimental group performed better in vocabulary development on post-test.  It was suggested that deaf students should be taught through stories using multimedia because due to lake of listening and speaking ability they mostly depend on sense of sight.