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Download full textStewart, David A.; And Others – 1990
This literature review examines selected variables that may influence teachers' ability to read books to preschool and elementary deaf children in total communication programs. The paper explores the role of signs in reading stories and factors influencing the signability of stories, including reading rate, length of sentences, length of text used…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Classroom Techniques, Deafness, Difficulty Level
Peer reviewedReagan, Timothy G. – Sign Language Studies, 1986
The Communication Committee of the South African National Council for the Deaf is currently developing an artificial sign language which could be used with all of the country's ethnolinguistic groups. Guidelines and constraints for developing such an artificial language are outlined. (CB)
Descriptors: Artificial Languages, Deafness, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
Graney, Sharon – 1998
This paper discusses factors that influence deaf and hard of hearing children's spoken English development. It addresses philosophical and practical issues related to maximizing these children's communication with the hearing majority within an educational environment that capitalizes on American Sign Language as a fully accessible language for…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingual Education, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education
Miles, Barbara – 1997
This paper examines the importance of hands for the person who is deafblind, reviews hand development, and identifies specific teaching skills that facilitate hand development and expressiveness in persons who are deafblind. It notes that the hands of a deafblind individual serve not only as tools but also as sense organs (to compensate for their…
Descriptors: Children, Deaf Blind, Expressive Language, Sensory Experience
Miles, Barbara – 1998
This paper examines the importance of hands for the person who is deafblind, reviews hand development, and identifies specific teaching skills that facilitate hand development and expressiveness in persons who are deafblind. It notes that the hands of a deafblind individual serve not only as tools but also as sense organs (to compensate for their…
Descriptors: Children, Deaf Blind, Elementary Secondary Education, Expressive Language
Miles, Barbara – 2001
This paper examines the importance of hands for the person who is deafblind, reviews hand development, and identifies specific teaching skills that facilitate hand development and expressiveness in persons who are deafblind. It notes that the hands of a deafblind individual serve not only as tools but also as sense organs (to compensate for their…
Descriptors: Children, Deaf Blind, Elementary Secondary Education, Expressive Language
Easterbrooks, Susan R.; Baker, Sharon – 2002
This text on teaching language to students with hearing impairments stresses the use of multiple language learning pathways to meet the individual needs of students. The introductory chapter looks at language issues in the context of history, instruction, technology, culture, and the law. Chapter 2, on language acquisition, discusses the nature of…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Communication Skills, Deafness, Educational Methods
