Success in teaching deaf pupils to read has not increased in decades, but new conceptualizations of literacy, clear understanding that deafness is a human condition and not a deficit, and recent research on how deaf families accomplish what schools do not all point to better ways of teaching deaf children to read. (46 references) (Author/CB)

Discusses the issue of the use of signed language dictionaries in the standardization of signed languages with reference to the Australian Sign language (Auslan) dictionaries. Details the structure of the Auslan dictionaries and argues that bilingual, bidirectional dictionaries of this type must be produced if communities are to encourage language…

Although American Sign Language (ASL) currently lacks an accepted writing system, one of the common reasons why it is not accepted for credit in foreign language programs, ASL does have a rich literary tradition. Several curricular remedies to improve those sign language courses are proposed. (CB)