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Pontecorvo, Elana; Higgins, Michael; Mora, Joshua; Lieberman, Amy M.; Pyers, Jennie; Caselli, Naomi K. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine whether and how learning American Sign Language (ASL) is associated with spoken English skills in a sample of ASL-English bilingual deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children. Method: This cross-sectional study of vocabulary size included 56 DHH children between 8 and 60 months of age who were…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Speech Communication, Language Acquisition, Interference (Language)
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Krebs, Julia; Roehm, Dietmar; Wilbur, Ronnie B.; Malaia, Evie A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2021
Acquisition of natural language has been shown to fundamentally impact both one's ability to use the first language and the ability to learn subsequent languages later in life. Sign languages offer a unique perspective on this issue because Deaf signers receive access to signed input at varying ages. The majority acquires sign language in (early)…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Language Acquisition
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Ruth Swanwick; Samantha Goodchild; Elisabetta Adami – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
This paper critically analyses the meaning and use of translanguaging as an inclusive pedagogical strategy in the context of a bilingual deaf education classroom where there are asymmetrical sensorial experiences of being deaf and being hearing, and different access to 'codified' (either speech or sign-language) resources. The pedagogical…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Teaching Methods, Bilingual Education, Deafness
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Watanapokakul, Sasa; Sitajalabhorn, Woranon – rEFLections, 2023
At present, English holds a significant importance in numerous countries worldwide, including Thailand where learning English is compulsory for students. For students with hearing impairment, however, due to their physical limitations, English instruction is different from that of other students. Additionally, students with hearing impairment have…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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LaMarr, Todd; Egbert, Lisalee D. – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2019
This article discusses how and why the lessons learned from research with hearing children can easily be applied to deaf and hard of hearing children. While educators have long advocated early use of American Sign Language (ASL) for deaf and hard of hearing children in order for them to experience the benefit of full language access, parents and…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Hearing Impairments, Deafness, Second Language Learning
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Csizér, Kata; Kontra, Edit H. – Modern Language Journal, 2020
The aim of this study was to investigate deaf and severely hard-of-hearing students' foreign language learning characteristics. In order to provide a better understanding of the challenges this group of learners face, a mixed methods study was designed including a questionnaire survey to provide generalizable results for our context and an…
Descriptors: Deafness, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Motivation
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Reynolds, Wanette – Sign Language Studies, 2018
A number of language acquisition patterns have been identified in the signing of a newly designated population of bimodal bilingual individuals--"heritage signers." This article examines subject-referent tracking forms in the ASL (American Sign Language) narratives of six elementary-school-aged, native-signing, bimodal bilinguals made at…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Native Language, Bilingualism, Elementary School Students
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Snoddon, Kristin – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2017
The view of sign languages as bounded systems is often important for deaf community empowerment and for pedagogical practice in terms of supporting deaf children's language acquisition and second language learners' communicative competence. Conversely, the notion of translanguaging in the American Sign Language (ASL) community highlights a number…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Second Language Learning
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Xu, Bo – English Language Teaching, 2018
New media is widely used in English teaching and learning, special education, in particular. In the new settings, hearing impaired students' learning features are individualized learning style, visual-based learning mode, weakness in understanding and laziness in learning. It is easy for hearing impaired students to learn English via micro course…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Cannon, Joanna E.; Guardino, Caroline; Gallimore, Erin – American Annals of the Deaf, 2016
The present article introduces a special issue of the "American Annals of the Deaf." Students who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing and come from homes where a language other than English or American Sign Language is used constitute 19.4%-35.0% of the U.S. d/Dhh population (Gallaudet Research Institute, 2013). The authors propose moving…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Language Usage
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Csizér, Kata; Kontra, Edit H.; Piniel, Katalin – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
In recent years increased attention has been given in applied linguistics to the learning processes of various groups of special needs (SN) students, especially to those whose achievement is impeded by dyslexia or other learning difficulties. However, students with sensory impairment, particularly those who are Deaf or severely hard of hearing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Second Language Learning
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Pizzo, Lianna – American Annals of the Deaf, 2016
The author examines the theory and research relevant to educating d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing Multilingual Learners (DMLs). There is minimal research on this population, yet a synthesis of related theory, research, and practice on spoken-language bilinguals can be used to add to the body of knowledge on these learners. Specifically, the author…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Bilingual Students, Multilingualism
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Guardino, Caroline; Cannon, Joanna E.; Eberst, Kimberley – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2014
Nearly 25% of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) students come from homes where a language other than English is used and are known as English-Language Learners (ELLs). Evidence-based practices used to teach students who are DHH ELLs are imperative. To build an evidence-base, successful strategies must be examined across multiple researchers, sites,…
Descriptors: Deafness, English Language Learners, Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies
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Kontra, Edit H.; Csizer, Kata – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL), 2013
The aim of this study is to point out the relationship between foreign language learning motivation and sign language use among hearing impaired Hungarians. In the article we concentrate on two main issues: first, to what extent hearing impaired people are motivated to learn foreign languages in a European context; second, to what extent sign…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Student Motivation, Sign Language, Deafness
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Cannon, Joanna E.; Guardino, Caroline – Deafness and Education International, 2012
The Gallaudet Research Institute confirms a 22.5 per cent increase from 2.7 per cent (2000) to 25.2 per cent (2011) in deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students whose parents use a language "other" than English or American sign language (ASL) at home. These DHH students who are also English language learners (ELLs) struggle to learn English, perhaps…
Descriptors: Deafness, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), American Sign Language
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