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Abulhab, Aseel; Pinto, Rogério M. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2022
Language barriers negatively affect access to social services, particularly for D/deaf populations who use Sign Language. "D/deaf" is used to encompass both the cultural conception of capital-D Deafness and the medical conception of lowercase-d deafness. Language translation/interpretation is a common need among practitioners of social,…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Deaf Interpreting, Social Work, Caseworkers
MacMillan, Kathy; Kirker, Christine – ALA Editions, 2012
This time-saving program planner for librarians and classroom teachers alike includes everything you need to get started--reading lists, flannelboard patterns, poems, songs, easy crafts, even take-home activities to extend the learning process. The many creative ideas packed inside include: (1) Activities keyed to popular classroom themes, with…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Emergent Literacy, Library Skills, Spanish
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Blasko, Jennifer; Donahue, Sheila – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2008
Every day, teachers face the time-consuming task of adapting materials from curricula that do not meet their students' needs or match their learning styles. This article discusses ready-made literacy units specifically designed for teachers of deaf and hard of hearing students. The units were part of the Cornerstones Project, an activity of the…
Descriptors: Cued Speech, Partial Hearing, Deafness, Teaching Methods
Livingston, Sue – 1997
This book asserts that deaf students should be treated no differently from non-deaf students and that American Sign Language (ASL) and English can coexist in the classroom, embedded in the content being taught. It stresses that language acquisition, whether oral or manual, as well as the learning of reading and writing or subject content, are all…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles
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Beykirch, Hugh L.; And Others – American Annals of the Deaf, 1989
Twenty-eight college students with normal hearing, naive to sign language, were trained on 30 American Sign Language signs using computer-assisted instruction or a videotaped presentation. Results indicated significantly higher scores under the videotaped condition when sign learning and retention were probed 3 and 10 days after training.…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
Rose, Susan; McAnally, Patricia L.; Quigley, Stephen P. – PRO-ED, Inc., 2004
This text provides future and practicing teachers of deaf children with basic theoretical and research knowledge as well as specific principles and practices for fostering the development of language and reading. In this third edition of "Language Learning Practices with Deaf Children," the authors have added a section on language assessment in…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Special Programs, Preservice Teachers
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Hanson, Vicki L.; Padden, Carol A. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1989
A bilingual instructional program was developed to teach written English to elementary-aged deaf students who are fluent in American Sign Language. The student-directed language learning uses interactive video and offers five activity options: watch a story, read a story, answer questions about a story, write a story, or caption a story.…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingual Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education
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Andrews, Jean F.; And Others – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1996
An instructional prereading using American Sign Language (ASL) was effective in improving the ability of 7 prelingually deaf children (ages 11 and 12) to understand and retell a story after reading it in print. A six-step procedure for using the ASL technique is explained. Other applications of the technique and its appropriateness for public…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Classroom Techniques, Congenital Impairments, Deafness
Stewart, David A.; Hollifield, Aileen – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1988
A bilingual education program for deaf children (ages 13-16) in American Sign Language (ASL) and English is described. Using a team-teaching approach, a deaf teacher taught social studies using ASL while a hearing teacher taught language arts using Signed English and speech. Follow-up activities are summarized and a teaching unit outlined. (VW)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingual Education Programs, Deafness, English Instruction
Finnegan, Margaret H. – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1988
Deaf children need reading programs which emphasize comprehension of meaning rather than syntax and grammar. Successful reading programs can emerge when reading is viewed as a highly social experience, reading materials are meaningful and highly contextualized, and semantic processing in American Sign Language is used to assist reading in English.…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Beginning Reading, Deafness, Educational Practices
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Schleper, David R. – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1995
Principles of "shared reading," in which a book is read by the teacher, then by teacher and students together, and then by the students independently, are discussed and applied to language acquisition and reading instruction of deaf and hearing impaired children. Students use the book to help them write and compare English and American…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Beginning Reading, Deafness, Elementary Education
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Beykirch, Hugh L.; And Others – American Annals of the Deaf, 1990
Twenty-eight hearing college students were trained on 30 signs from American Sign Language that had been classified as iconic, opaque, or abstract. Students learned and retained iconic signs better than opaque or abstract. A videotaped presentation mode produced greater consistency in scores than computer-assisted instruction. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Computer Assisted Instruction, Hearing Impairments, Higher Education
Haffner, Richard; And Others – 1992
Based on a program developed to help the integration of deaf persons into the world of work, this manual is intended to familiarize adult basic education (ABE) teachers with the special needs of deaf persons. Information is provided to answer questions such as: (1) What is so different about deaf students? (2) What is "deaf culture"? (3)…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Basic Education, American Sign Language, Classroom Techniques
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Copra, Edward R. – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1990
This article describes "Hands On," a research project employing interactive computer/videodisc technology to teach English to deaf children with American Sign Language (ASL) skills. Elementary school students can read a story in printed English text, watch an ASL-signed version of the story, access a list of vocabulary words, or caption a story…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingual Education, Captions, Computer Assisted Instruction
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King, J. Freeman – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1990
Words in English often have multiple meanings, causing concepts to be paired with incorrect signs when working with deaf students, such as the concept of "made up" meaning either "invented" or "decided." A method called "sentence chains" is recommended as a drill to learn to link concepts with their appropriate signs. (JDD)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Deaf Interpreting