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Sheridan, Sarah – Language Learning Journal, 2021
Sign language learners are a heterogenous group who have different motivations for embarking on formal studies. It is apparent at the outset that many learners are uninformed about sign languages and the deaf community. It has been previously noted that societies often lack the understanding that signed languages are valid languages, and have…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Deafness, Self Concept, Sign Language
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Bilgiç, Hatice Cansu; Aslan, Cem; Özdemir Kiliç, Merve; Kan, Adnan – Participatory Educational Research, 2021
In this study, the aim is to develop a measurement tool that can be used to measure attitudes towards Turkish Sign Language (TSL). For this purpose, the researchers followed a systematic process. The study group consists of students in the special education departments of three different universities' faculties of education in the spring semester…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Language Attitudes, Sign Language, Construct Validity
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Carla García-Fernández – Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity, 2020
Deaf-Latinx K-12 students are the largest group of racially minoritized students in the US, lagging far behind the complimentary proportion of Deaf-whites in obtaining degrees. Educational institutions have sustained and reproduced privilege and inequality patterns. This article explores how using Deaf-Latinx Critical Theory (Deaf-LatCrit) in…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intersectionality, Deaf Blind, Deafness