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Erickson, Marianne – 1991
When evaluating the work of congenitally deaf students whose native language is spatial and semiotic, composition teachers must avoid being what Marjorie Siegel calls "verbocentric," since congenitally deaf students are, in effect, learning to write in a language completely foreign to them in structure, syntax, and grammar. The…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cued Speech, Deafness, English Instruction
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