Landscape Language, as it has been named by two local teachers, will be used by educators in Clear Lake and Temple during the 2007-08 school year to determine its true effectiveness.
Spyhalski added that deaf students who were taught by Landscape also had a tendency to move into mainstream education more quickly.
"We had not been placing (deaf) students into mainstream classes until junior high school, on average," Spyhalski said. "But I have students going into regular reading classes as early as first grade. We've made progress."
The two said other teachers took notice of their progress during a statewide conference of deaf educators in 2006, which prompted the Landscape experiment in Temple and Clear Lake. Teachers from those districts took training on using the program last week in Longview.
"English is one of those abstract things and I think our kids need a visual system to learn it," said Alison Chappell, who teaches kindergarten through eighth grade in Temple. "That's one reason I think this program will be very successful in our school." read more
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