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Peer reviewedCharrow, V. R.; Fletcher, J. D. – Developmental Psychology, 1974
Compared 13 deaf adolescents with deaf parents and 13 deaf adolescents with hearing parents on the Test of English As a Foreign Language. Results are discussed in terms of implications for teaching strategies for deaf children. (DP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Deafness, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition
Download full textCharrow, V. R.; Fletcher, J. D. – 1973
The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) was administered to 26 deaf students (approximately 18 years of age) to determine (1) whether deaf children of deaf parents (DP), as users of American Sign Language and as possessors of a shared code, would outperform deaf children of hearing parents (HP); (2) whether the performance of DP…
Descriptors: Deafness, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Handicapped Children
Peer reviewedLoMaglio, Larry J. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1991
This study, involving 41 hearing foreign students, sought to determine the suitability of using the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) to determine the English reading skills of deaf international college applicants. Results indicated that a TOEFL score between 400 and 500 correlated with a reading grade level of less than 8.0.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, Deafness, English (Second Language)
Ragosta, Marjorie; Nelson, Catherine – 1986
The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) was administered to 26 hearing impaired college students, in order to test the assumption that the English-language deficiencies of hearing impaired students are similar to those of foreign students. The students were attending Gallaudet College's School of Preparatory Studies and were identified…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, College Entrance Examinations, Deaf Interpreting, Deafness
