Lipreading teacher training course

Demonstrate knowledge of –
• how adults with an acquired hearing loss lipread
• how to recognise, select and use appropriate methods and techniques throughout a course in teaching lipreading to adults with an acquired hearing loss
• the importance of voice and devoice, and show how residual hearing can be combined with lipreading
• the factors affecting optimum conditions for lipreading in any situation
• how to encourage adults with acquired deafness to maximise these factors
• the effects of deafness on people
• how to explain the types and causes of deafness to adults with an acquired hearing loss
• how to explain relevant environmental aids to adults with an acquired hearing loss
• when other professional help is needed and how to make appropriate suggestions to adults with an acquired hearing loss
• the routes to obtaining a hearing aid and the roles of professionals in ENT/Audiology

To pass this course you will need to:
• Attend 80% of the course
• Successfully deliver an assessed teaching session
• Complete and pass written assignments.

• You will be given a reading list; some books may be available from the City Lit library
• Paper, pens, A4 files, dividers, memory stick and other stationery items
• Travel costs relating to course attendance and observations
• Cost of staying in London during lecture blocks (to be arranged by the student)
• Membership of Association of Teachers of Lipreading to Adults (ATLA). Student membership is currently free.

You will be taught by means of lectures, distance learning, demonstrations, group work, pair work, individual work, handouts, tests, teaching practice, tutorial, visits and observation.
You will also write assignments in your own time and compile a coursework portfolio containing session plans, teaching material, tutor assessments and self-evaluations.

The course uses Google Classroom, a Virtual Learning Environment. Resources, discussion and news forums will all be available on this site. Your assignments will be submitted and feedback will be given via Google.
You will be expected to do teaching practice in classes at the City Lit and will receive feedback from current lipreading teachers. You will also be required to observe a range of lipreading teachers.