Deafness is a gift.

Some oppose
technology to fix
deafness

Language

95% Spanish
Speakers

Varies on specific
race, mostly English
and Spanish

Strong ties to visual Sign Language and

expression, art,
English
music, and
sculpture

Values
Traditions
Olympic and
ELLs from
Educate through primary,
football pride,
Northern Mexico Education=sign of wealth
food: chilies,
Women decide religion
tamales. Etc.

Low Socio-Economic
Emotional Behavior
Disorder

Deaf Community

How will these cultures

bring uniqueness to the
classroom?

Social Norms

Women are
caretakers men are
authority leaders

Directness, arrive
early, can show
aggression in public
through sign

ELL from Northern Mexico:

Think aloud during
activities
Able to use models as tool
for comprehension
Dramatizing, pantomiming
Encourages student
interaction and
engagement
Emotional Behavior Disorder:
Provide diversity in
learning activities and
classroom engagement
Increases social interaction
and integration
Deaf Community:
Provides different forms
of communication and
language within the
classroom
Allows teacher to move at
an appropriate pace for
the whole class
Integrates new technology
for the entire class to
benefit from

A Look into
Cultures
EED 465
By: Stephen Gabaldon,
Lacey Grant, Analy Huerta
Heather Kralovetz, and
Donelle Wheeler

Teaching Strategies
Basic Interpersonal Communication
Skills (BICS): develop through social
settings. Teachers can create context
embedded activities

Have a strict routine and be very

systematic with classroom
procedures.

Allow accommodations for the

student, depending on their
specific needs and disability (ex:
they can get up and leave the
class choose to work in partners,
etc.)
Appropriate use of technology to make
accommodations (ex: use microphone
if needed, use basic sign language)

ELL Students
from Northern
Mexico

Emotional
Behavioral
Disorder in Low
Socio-Economic
Community

Deaf
Community

Use of Context Clues: teach

students to find specifics
within seethe sentence

Graphic Organizers: students use

visual content organizers to
memorize vocabulary, events, or
even daily routines.

Repeat questions from the class

before responding. Remember, a
student using a device only hears
what comes from the microphone and
is missing anything else said.