The effect of comics technique on teaching stories for hearing impaired individuals

Individuals with hearing-impairment happen to have several hardships in subjects that are tought to them compared to the ones with normal hearing capacity. Lecturers who teach hearing-impairment individuals have difficulties while having classes with them. One the reasons of these difficulties is having to lecture them by visualizing the subjects in their curriculum. That handicap escalates in religious subjects which have abstract themes. In this research, that handicap is zoomed in and the efficacy of comic books technique is gone through in order the fact that lecturers are able to teach individuals with hearing-impairment easier and cognisably as well as the learners comprehending the topic much better. Hence, efficacy of comic books is observed on the learning outcomes by narrating ' The Incident Of Elephant' on a comic book. Controlled pre-test /post-test experimental approach is used in this research. The participants of the research consists of the fourteen year old individuals with hearing impairment studying 'İstaston Youth Center Quran Course'. Students are divided into two groups as contolled group and experimental group. Those students are made to take a pre-test before the experiment and later a post-test after the experiment. Quantitative data are obtained through the achievement test that are applied on both contolled and experimental groups. Consequently in this research, it is acknowledge that using visual materials in teaching process has a significant effect on learning the subject smoothier, increasing students' eagerness and motivation towars the subject and providing convenience to the students. Keywords: Religious Education, Hearing-impairment, Comic Book, Surah al-Fil