Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 2 |
Descriptor
| Deafness | 2 |
| Foreign Countries | 2 |
| Language Role | 2 |
| Official Languages | 2 |
| Sign Language | 2 |
| African Languages | 1 |
| American Sign Language | 1 |
| Beginning Reading | 1 |
| Bilingual Education | 1 |
| Bilingualism | 1 |
| Comparative Analysis | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Books | 1 |
| Collected Works - General | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
| High Schools | 1 |
| Higher Education | 1 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
| Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkKusters, Annelies – Sign Language Studies, 2021
International Sign (IS) and American Sign Language (ASL) have both been used as lingua francas within international deaf contexts. Perspectives on the uses of IS and ASL as lingua francas in such contexts are connected to discourses pertaining to the form, function, status, value, languageness, and global reach of IS and ASL. While there are some…
Descriptors: Sign Language, American Sign Language, Deafness, Language Usage
Brock-Utne, Birgit, Ed.; Skattum, Ingse, Ed. – Symposium Books, 2009
The theme of this book cuts across disciplines. Contributors to this volume are specialized in education and especially classroom research as well as in linguistics, most being transdisciplinary themselves. Around 65 sub-Saharan languages figure in this volume as research objects: as means of instruction, in connection with teacher training,…
Descriptors: African Languages, Language Planning, Multicultural Education, Beginning Reading
