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Mesch, Johanna; Schönström, Krister – Language Learning, 2023
This study presents a corpus-based investigation of self-repairs in hearing adult L2 (M2L2, second modality and second language) learners of Swedish Sign Language ("Svenskt teckenspråk," STS). This study analyses M2L2 learners' STS conversations with a deaf signer and examines the learners' self-repair practices and whether there are…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Finneran, Rosette Bambino – Working Papers in TESOL & Applied Linguistics, 2015
Why should second and foreign language teachers tune into instructed second language acquisition (ISLA)? There are many reasons, several of which have already been addressed in this forum. This paper examines one important benefit of keeping abreast of the field, namely, the opportunity for classroom instructors to extract pedagogical insights…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Hoza, Jack – Sign Language Studies, 2008
A notable difference between signed and spoken languages is the use of nonmanual linguistic signals that co-occur with the production of signs. These nonmanual signals involve primarily the face and upper torso and are an important feature of American Sign Language (ASL). They include grammatical markers that indicate syntactic categories such as…
Descriptors: Grammar, Syntax, Form Classes (Languages), Deafness
Ditcharoen, Nadh; Naruedomkul, Kanlaya; Cercone, Nick – Computers & Education, 2010
Learning a second language is very difficult, especially, for the disabled; the disability may be a barrier to learn and to utilize information written in text form. We present the SignMT, Thai sign to Thai machine translation system, which is able to translate from Thai sign language into Thai text. In the translation process, SignMT takes into…
Descriptors: Sentences, Semantics, Syntax, Translation
Power, Des; Hyde, Merv; Leigh, Greg – American Annals of the Deaf, 2008
A sample of elementary school-and high school-age deaf students in special education programs in the Australian state of Queensland using Australasian Signed English (ASE) took the Test of Syntactic Abilities (Quigley, Steinkamp, Power, & Jones, 1978) and wrote a story in response to a wordless picture sequence. Several analyses of the…
Descriptors: Manual Communication, Syntax, Written Language, Deafness

Neuroth-Gimbrone, Cindy; Logiodice, Colleen M. – Sign Language Studies, 1992
Briefly describes a program that sought to improve the written English skills of deaf adolescents' whose first language was American Sign Language, focusing on first-language skills, metalinguistic skills, translating skills, lexical matching across languages, translation of syntactical structures, and recognition of the importance of the…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, English (Second Language), Metalinguistics
Conwell, Marilyn; And Others – 1982
The following articles are presented in the section of the Northeast Conference Report on less frequently taught languages: (1) "American Sign Language," by M. Conwell and A. Nelson; (2) "Chinese," by D. Gidman; (3) "Japanese," by J. P. Berwald and T. Phipps; (4) "Latin," by M. Cleary; (5) "Portuguese," by R. Pedro Carvalho; and (6) "Russian," by…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Chinese, Grammar, Japanese