A study of

understanding of the Sign Language

Aznan Che Ahmad

Mohd Zuri Ghani

Universiti Sains Malaysian

Introduction

In the process of giving education,

communication is very important.
Without effective communication,
one cannot receive education and
gain information effectively.
Research Objectives

To determine the percentage of correct

word written by the deaf students when the
word is signed to them.
Respondent

Gender f %
Female 14 35
Male 26 65
N 40
Instrument
An achievement test was used

The internal reliability using alpha cronbach
was 0.90
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10 words categories - adjective, noun, and

words with prefixes
 Categories of Word Used in the Study

N=10
Number
1
5
4 Word Category
Adjective
Noun
Prefixes words
of Items
1 keluarga (family)
2 jiran (neighbor)
3 padang (field)
4 negeri (state)
5 September
6 usang (old)
7 kemajuan (improvement)
8 ternampak (see)
9 bercerrita (telling story)
10 meminjam (borrow)
Word Word Correct %
category
Noun keluarga (family) Sign
28 70
Noun jiran (neighbor) 24 60
Noun padang (field) 28 70
Noun negeri (state) 24 60
Noun September 29 72.5
Word Word Correct %
category
Adjective usang (old) Sign
5 12.5
Prefixes kemajuan 16 40
Prefixes (improvement)
ternampak (see) 10 25
Prefixes bercerita 12 30
Prefixes (telling
meminjam story)
(borrow) 8 20
For word ‘ternampak’ - 10 respondents (25%)
successfully write the word


normally use ‘nampak’.


‘meminjam’- 8 respondents (20%) success


normally used ‘pinjam’ (borrow) rather than

adding ‘me’.


need to restructure word ‘pinjam’ by deleting ‘p’

and replace it with ‘m’.


‘me’ + ‘m” + ‘injam’, the basic word ‘pinjam’

becomes ‘meminjam’.

Conclusion

Overall finding of this study shows that the deaf

students are still poor in their writing skills. They
are also found to be poor in understanding the
word that has been signed and relating it to the
correct spelling.
There are still hearing impaired students who are
unable to relate the sign with its meaning.


Affects their academic performance

 Thank you

 aznan@usm.my
 mdzuri@usm.my
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