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Saunders, Emily; Quinto-Pozos, David – Second Language Research, 2023
Studies have shown that iconicity can provide a benefit to non-signers during the learning of single signs, but other aspects of signed messages that might also be beneficial have received less attention. In particular, do other features of signed languages help support comprehension of a message during the process of language learning? The…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Language Processing, Second Language Learning, Comparative Analysis
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Yoel, Judith – Sign Language Studies, 2022
Maritime Sign Language (MSL) is a Canadian, minority sign language that originally stems from British Sign Language (BSL). Currently used by elderly Deaf people in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland (and Labrador), it is a moribund language, having undergone language shift to American Sign Language (ASL). MSL is…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Language Variation, Older Adults, Deafness
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Snoddon, Kristin – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2018
This paper discusses issues of language revitalization and linguistic prescriptivism related to the teaching of American Sign Language (ASL) in Canada. I describe the current and historical context for ASL teaching, including the increase in ASL course offerings at some postsecondary institutions, and discuss findings related to challenges in…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Sign Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Novogrodsky, Rama; Henner, Jon; Caldwell-Harris, Catherine; Hoffmeister, Robert – Language Learning, 2017
Factors influencing native and nonnative signers' syntactic judgment ability in American Sign Language (ASL) were explored for 421 deaf students aged 7;6-18;5. Predictors for syntactic knowledge were chronological age, age of entering a school for the deaf, gender, and additional learning disabilities. Mixed-effects linear modeling analysis…
Descriptors: Grammar, Sign Language, American Sign Language, Deafness
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Parton, Becky Sue – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2014
Foreign sign language instruction is an important, but overlooked area of study. Thus the purpose of this paper was two-fold. First, the researcher sought to determine the level of knowledge and interest in foreign sign language among Deaf teenagers along with their learning preferences. Results from a survey indicated that over a third of the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Assistive Technology, Sign Language, Deafness
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Parton, Becky Sue – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2014
Foreign sign language instruction is an important, but overlooked area of study. Thus the purpose of this paper was two-fold. First, the researcher sought to determine the level of knowledge and interest in foreign sign language among Deaf teenagers along with their learning preferences. Results from a survey indicated that over a third of the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Assistive Technology, Sign Language, Deafness
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Reagan, Timothy – Sign Language Studies, 2011
This article addresses the debate about the status of American Sign Language (ASL) as an example of ideological beliefs that impact linguistic judgments and policies. It also discusses the major challenges to the status of ASL with respect to formal legislative recognition, its utility as a medium of instruction, and its status as a legitimate…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Deafness, American Sign Language, Ideology
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Daniels, Marilyn – Child Study Journal, 2003
Summarizes research demonstrating advantages of using British Sign Language, Italian Sign Language, and American Sign Language (ASL) as a second language with young children. Reports a qualitative study to determine whether American kindergartners can achieve bilingual ability in English and ASL in one academic year through exposure to a native…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingualism, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children
Belka, Robert W. – 2000
This article explores some of the complexities of the question as to whether or not American Sign Language (ASL) is a foreign language. It reviews the historical oppression of the deaf, the development of ASL and its defining value to proponents of deaf culture, mentions other language systems (including foreign sign systems) used by the…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Curriculum Development, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education