The use of visual multimedia in moto cycle mechanics training for deaf students

Abstract

A common problem in this study is that deaf students have communication problems in learning and students experience problems how to communicate with teachers. The purpose of this study is expected to be able to find out that the use of visual media in motorbike mechanics training can help the development, abilities and knowledge of deaf students. The procedure carried out was to analyze the communication skills of deaf students by interviewing deaf students by one researcher and one linguist. Five deaf students participated in this study. They are Deaf students with the classification of Profound Hearing Loss. Stage one, the Instructor provides learning without using visual multimedia. The second stage, the instructor gives an evaluation of learning to students. The third stage, is taking interview data related to how their perceptions of the learning process, namely what media should be used for deaf students. The results show that the students interviewed stated that visual multimedia with full language is very useful if used at every opportunity, be it during motorcycle training or other learning.