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Rutherford, Susan – Sign Language Studies, 1985
Examines the group narrative, a folk tradition that is widespread among deaf children. Shows how the use of American Sign Language elements and traditional group narrative style can be used in developing deaf children's appreciation and mastery of English-based texts and the world view they contain. (SED)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Children, Deafness, Folk Culture
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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Livingston, Sue – American Annals of the Deaf, 1986
The article stresses the importance of teaching deaf children to think and learn through the development of meaning-making and meaning-sharing capacities. Classroom practices should thus be content focused and actively engage students in American Sign Language to develop general literacy. (CL)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cognitive Processes, Deafness, Educational Philosophy
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
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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
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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Berkay, Paul J. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1990
A model of direct communication in American Sign Language is presented for application in mainstreamed adult education courses. Comparisons of 12 hearing and 11 deaf students enrolled in a mainstreamed word processing class using the suggested client-centered, individual instruction format with limited lecture time showed no significant…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Adult Education, American Sign Language
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