Sign language enrichment with Biology content: an effort to facilitate conceptual understanding for deaf student
Yulilina Retno Dewahrani, Ade Suryanda

Universitas Negeri Jakarta

Abstract

In the learning process, deaf students have difficulty actively involved in the biology learning process. That is due to the lack of biological terminology sign vocabulary available in the SIBI dictionary, so the material cannot be conveyed properly by the teacher and cannot be properly received by students with hearing disabilities. As a result, learning mastery according to the basic competencies in the 2013 Curriculum is less than optimal. During the pandemic, these difficulties are exacerbated because learning is carried out online. Barriers arise when communicating biological terminology effectively. In the SIBI dictionaries, there are 78 biology terminology sign vocabularies. The number is not commensurate with the biology terms they have to master to understand the concept of biology. Biological sign vocabulary enrichment aims to facilitate understanding of biology concepts for students with hearing disabilities. Some of biology sign vocabularies cues made in the form of pictures and videos. The resulting product is validated by media experts, sign language experts, and special education teachers and tested on deaf students.

Keywords: biology concept, deaf student, SIBI, sign language

Topic: Biology Education