Abstrakt
Teaching English to deaf and hard of hearing students is richly rewarding experience, yet often a great challenge. Which approach/teaching method is the most effective? How do we cope with teaching English to deaf/Deaf students? Can a hard of hearing student regard themselves as culturaly deaf? And does it influence their learning style? Are really all these questions relevant when teaching English to the deaf and hard of hearing? Do we, really, have to pay any attention to these issues? And why to continue teaching these students English? Why should they want to learn English at all? In my paper I am aiming to answer at least some of these questions.
Later, in the paper, I shall describe the situation at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic and at our Language Resource Centre which is the main provider of English language teaching to deaf and hard of hearing Charles University students. Last, but not the least, I shall, draw upon my personal experiences with teaching English to deaf, Deaf and hard of hearing students.