Assisting Hearing Parents of Deaf Students Learn Sign Language through Sign Language English Cebuano-Dictionary (SLEC-D) Mobile APP

Abstract

This study was conducted to help hearing parents of the 23 deaf learners of the Vicente N Chaves Memorial Central School learn more of the manual sign language through the SLEC-D Mobile APP (Sign Language English Cebuano Dictionary Mobile Application) and to better communicate with their deaf children and eventually provide more assistance in the modular learning.  Per consultation by the researcher, parents had communication problems assisting their deaf children in their modular learning due to inadequate sign language vocabulary.   Though the sign book provided to them last year was of help, it was not enough to augment their inadequate literacy in the sign language.  Descriptive research design using take-all method in selecting the sample was applied. The findings of this study reveal that all parents learned more vocabulary signing words using the SLEC-D MOBILLE APP (Sign Language Cebuano English Dictionary Mobile App) and the app helped improve as well as enhance their skills in learning the sign language. This signifies that the intervention implemented boosted parents’ ability in learning the sign language. Participants conclude that SLEC-D Mobile APP is a valuable tool for parents to address communication barriers and positively impact students' learning as they can better provide assistance to their children in the modular learning.