Experiences of Teaching English to a Deaf University Student

The present research reports the perspective of teachers' experiences in teaching a deaf university student. The main objective is to analyze teachers' experiences in teaching English to a deaf student in the Pedagogy of National and Foreign Languages major of the sixth semester at the Technical University of Cotopaxi, Ecuador in the year 2023-2024. This study had a qualitative approach. Three interviews were used to obtain data. The first was the teacher interview adapted from Sultanbeova. The second was the interpreter interview adapted from Mazoue. These two interviews were conducted to triangulate information and corroborate the data provided by teachers. The population was 4 teachers who were teaching in the sixth semester of the Pedagogy of National and Foreign Languages course at the Technical University of Cotopaxi and the Interpreter of sign language. This population was selected by the "Sampling Method. The results showed that teachers had positive experiences but difficulties in the teaching process. Among the positive experiences, it was shown that they used the appropriate methodology, techniques, and strategies to teach a deaf student. On the other hand, the teachers had difficulties because they did not know sign language and had no previous experience with deaf students. Another difficulty was to ensure the teaching process because the deaf college student has a low level of English, which complicated the process