Abstract

This article is a study to investigate the situation of teachers' practice of the beginning consonant pronunciation for 6-7 aged hearing impaired children with a cochlear implant. The research was conducted on a sample of 30 teachers who do early intervention for 6-7 aged hearing impaired children in some educational institutions for children with hearing impairment in Hanoi. The research contents include 1) Teachers' perception of the role of practicing pronunciation of the beginning consonants for 6-7 aged hearing impaired children with cochlear implants; 2) The level of implementation of the contents of practicing pronunciation of the beginning consonants for the 6-7 aged hearing impaired children with cochlear implant; 3) The teacher's assessment of the difficulty level of the contents in the program to practice pronunciation of the beginning consonants for the 6-7 aged hearing impaired children with cochlear implant; 4) Evaluate the using and effectiveness of the beginning consonants pronunciation practicing; 5) The using of materials in practicing pronunciation of the beginning consonants; 6) the ways of practicing pronunciation of the beginning consonants and 7) the factors affecting on practicing pronunciation of the beginning consonants for the 6-7 aged hearing impaired children with cochlear implant. Some results from the research are that all teachers (100%) have awareness of the important role of practicing the beginning consonants for the 6-7 aged hearing impaired children with cochlear implants. Teachers implemented some contents to practice the beginning consonants for them such as breathing training, voice training, producing organs training; teaching phonics; distinguish- correcting the producing. The most popular form which is used to practice the beginning consonants is 1:1 (one teacher and one child). The knowledge and skills of teachers are the factors that impact the most on practicing the beginning consonant pronunciation for the 6-7 aged hearing impaired children with cochlear implant.

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