Remote or in person? – Beliefs of Foreign Language Teachers of Deaf Learners Regarding Remote Education

Due to the global pandemic and the need to introduce the rules of social distancing in early 2020, educational systems around the world faced one of the greatest and most important challenges of the 21st century – the transition to learning modes that do not require physical contact between learners and teachers. It was associated with numerous difficulties in various areas of school life. Remote teaching also covered d/Deaf learners. In their case, it was associated with additional problems that did not affect hearing learners.

The main aim of the presentation is to demonstrate the results of a survey and interviews conducted among foreign language teachers working with d/Deaf learners between March 2021 and May 2022. The questions focused on beliefs of foreign language teachers of d/Deaf learners concerning remote and in person classes, such as preferred teaching mode, attitude to particular aspects of remote teaching, difficulties they encounter, advantages and disadvantages of remote teaching as well as their ideas, suggestions and thoughts regarding teaching d/Deaf students remotely. Although the interviewed teachers present a plethora of approaches to remote teaching of d/Deaf learners, most of them prefer in person classes and negatively assess the impact of remote learning. The results show that in the face of sudden introduction of remote classes, teachers used all possible resources to make the teaching process effective.

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