Study at AGU highlights Sign Language Learning among students

Study at AGU highlights Sign Language Learning among students

A scientific study that was recently conducted at the Arabian Gulf University (AGU) aimed to design a programme to teach sign language to gifted school students and to test the effectiveness of this programme in enhancing communication between ordinary school students on the one hand and students from the deaf category on the other hand. Conducted by researcher Ms. Haya Sulaiman Al Omran, the study was titled “The Effect of a Programme Based on Teaching Kuwaiti Sign Language on Spatial Reasoning, Working Memory and Attitudes Towards the Deaf Among Gifted, Ordinary and Learning Difficulties Sixth Grade Students in the State of Kuwait”. The study was submitted by Ms. Al Omran as part of the requirements to obtain a PhD in Gifted Education from the University. Stressing the importance of the study, Ms. Al Omran affirmed that the study focuses on the category of ordinary students in order to enhance their sign language skills to support their deaf counterparts, learn their culture and identify their problems and needs. While discussing her study, Ms. Al Omran said: “Through this programme, we sought to help enhance the acceptance of the deaf community and correcting the negative image of the deaf category