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Selected Factors in Reading Comprehension for Deaf and Hearing Adults: Phonological Skills and Metacognition
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Wang, Ye; Silvestri, Julia A.; Jahromi, Laudan B. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2018
The purpose of the study was to identify factors related to reading comprehension, and to compare similarities and differences in the reading processes of deaf and hearing adults. The sample included four groups, each consisting of 15 adults. The groups were identified as (a) deaf high-achieving readers, (b) deaf low-achieving readers, (c) hearing…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Adults, Reading Comprehension
An Analysis of the Reading Strategies Used by Deaf and Hearing Adults: Similarities and Differences in Phonological Processing and Metacognition
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Silvestri, Julia A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study is a mixed methods analysis of reading processes and language experiences of deaf and hearing readers. The sample includes four groups each with fifteen adults--identified as: deaf/high-achieving readers, deaf/struggling/non-academic readers, hearing/high-achieving readers, and hearing/non-academic readers. The purpose of this study is…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Adults, Deafness, Differences
A Grounded Theory of Effective Reading by Profoundly Deaf Adults
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Silvestri, Julia; Wang, Ye – American Annals of the Deaf, 2018
The purpose of the study was to uncover and describe psycholinguistic and sociocognitive factors facilitating effective reading by signing adults who are profoundly deaf and do not use hearing technology. The sample comprised four groups, each consisting of 15 adults, for a total of 60 participants. The four groups were "deaf…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Adults, Deafness, Reading Instruction
Understanding Translanguaging Practices through a Biliteracy Continua Framework: Adult Biliterates Reading Academic Texts in Their Two Languages
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Kwon, Hyun Joo; Schallert, Diane L. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2016
Ten adult readers, advanced in their control of two languages, Korean and English, were recruited for a study of academic literacy practices to examine the various linguistic repertoires on which they drew. Analysis of their language use revealed many instances of "translanguaging," that is, a flexible reliance on two languages to serve…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Adults, Second Language Learning, Code Switching (Language)
An Analysis of the Reading Strategies Used by Adult and Student Deaf Readers
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Banner, Alyssa; Wang, Ye – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to identify and examine effective reading strategies used by adult deaf readers compared with student deaf readers. There were a total of 11 participants: 5 deaf adults ranging from 27 to 36 years and 6 deaf students ranging from 16 to 20 years. Assessment methods included interview and think-aloud procedures in which…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Deafness, Reading Strategies, Cognitive Processes
The Hands and Reading: What Deafblind Adult Readers Tell Us
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Ingraham, Cynthia L.; Andrews, Jean F. – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2010
Deafblind readers are heterogeneous in reading skill acquisition. This qualitative study uses in-depth interviews and protocol analyses and queries the three deafblind adult participants in describing their metacomprehension, metacognitive and metalinguistic strategies used when reading different types of text. Using retrospective analysis, the…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Reading, Adults, Reading Comprehension