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Direct linkIsakson, Su Kyong – Sign Language Studies, 2018
This article puts forward a solution to the impending shortage of culturally and linguistically competent interpreters: the education of heritage signers as heritage language learners. It examines the current landscape of American Sign Language (ASL) as a course of study and the difficulties heritage signers report when they begin learning ASL. In…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Language Research, Deaf Interpreting
Peer reviewedAkamatsu, C. Tane; Stewart, David A.; Mayer, Connie – Sign Language Studies, 2002
Examines the literature on teachers' use of signing in the classroom for clues about future directions in research that aim to improve the academic performance of deaf students. Suggests that it is not by concentrating solely on the question of whether American Sign Language or some form of English-based signing should dominate in the classrooms.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Sign Language, Deafness, Educational Research
Hayes, J. Laurence; And Others – Teaching English to Deaf and Second-Language Students, 1991
Longitudinal research has demonstrated that English abilities of deaf children remain below that of hearing children. Vygotsky's perspective on language and cognition is used to support an alternative approach for the study of English. (15 references) (LB)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingual Students, Deafness, Educational Philosophy
Peer reviewedKluwin, Thomas N. – Discourse Processes, 1983
Concludes that differences exist in the classroom behavior of some deaf and some hearing teachers and that what defines the successful teacher is task persistence and clarity. (FL)
Descriptors: Adults, American Sign Language, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques
