Deaf learning

"""Deaf learning"" project was implemented from September 2015 to August 2018 in partnership with 5 organization from 5 European countries: Polish Deaf Association Lodz Department (Poland), Doncaster Deaf Trust (UK), Ca'Foscari University in Venice (Italy), Kaunas Educational Centre for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (Lithuania), Alpen-Adria University in Klagenfurt (Austria). The aim of the project was to develop teaching materials, which will help to improve the literacy skills of deaf adults in 5 national languages: English, Polish, Italian, Lithuanian, German. Those materials include the course programme, handbooks, and e-learning courses. The programme contains questionnaire data, research choices, hints for teaching methodologies, trial experiences, suggestions on how to handle the materials. Handbooks contain:120 lesson plans CEFR levels A1, A2, B1, B2, 30 lessons level A1, 16 texts for reading comprehension as a teachers’ guide to developing their own level-based programs. E-course contains 6 lessons level A1 on the Moodle platform for independent learning.All materials were prepared for 5 languages. Over 500 teachers of a deaf, deaf adult, parents and scholars took part in different multiplier events in 5 countries. All teaching materials are open access and available on the project website: www.pzg.lodz.pl/deaflearning. Polish language courses for the deaf based on ""Deaf learning"" project teaching materials are now conducted in Poland."