July 6, 2022

Kerr R. Zamora
Professor/Teacher
Labas Senior High School

Dear Mr. Zamora:

Good day! As part of our academic requirements as third year students in Language
Education Research. The researchers are conducting a research study entitled, “A
Phenomenological Study on the Lived Experiences in Language Acquisition of
Children of Deaf Parents”

In line with this, we kindly ask for your approval to allow us to conduct a validation of the
Statement of the problem and our survey questionnaires. Rest assured that all
information gathered will be kept in full confidentially.

We are hoping for your favorable response about this matter. Thank you very much and
God bless you!

Respectfully yours,

Abalos, Melchor Jr., C.

Cañete, Catrina M.

Dimalanta, Jazmine Joy P.

Duallo, Michelle P.

Pascua, Mark Joseph T.

Researchers
Title: “A Phenomenological Study on the Lived Experiences in Language Acquisition of

Children of Deaf Parents”

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The researchers aim to study the lived experiences in language acquisition of

undocumented Filipino hearing children of deaf parents. Furthermore, this research

main problem is: how have lived experiences affected the language acquisition of

hearing children of deaf parents? In addition, the following sub-questions guided the

research on this topic:

1. How do the hearing children describe their communication at home?

2. What are the factors that had an influence on the language acquisition of

hearing children with deaf parents?

3. How do the hearing children of deaf parents describe their interactions with the

factors that influenced them in acquiring the language?

4. What driving forces did hearing children identify that aided in overcoming the

challenges/barriers that were faced in acquiring the language?

Recommendations:

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Signature of the Validator
 Interview Questionnaire

A Phenomenological Study on the Lived Experiences in Language

Acquisition of Children of Deaf Parents

I. Communication at Home

1. What means of communication do you use at home?

2. Are there any difficulties you encounter when you communicate at home?

a. Can you identify the difficulties? Please elaborate.

II. Language Acquisition

3. Living with deaf parents, how would you describe your experiences acquiring

your first language growing up?

4. Can you tell/identify factors that you think have influenced your language

acquisition? Please elaborate.

a. How do you think these factors have influenced your language

acquisition? Describe the interaction with the factors mentioned.

III. Barriers

5. Having a deaf parent/s, are there any difficulties you experienced as you

acquired the language? Yes or No. If yes:

a. What were the hindrances/challenges that you encountered as you

acquired the language?

b. What or who helped you to overcome the hindrances?