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The Case for Heritage ASL Instruction for Hearing Heritage Signers
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Isakson, 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
A Case Study of Two Sign Language Interpreters Working in Post-Secondary Education in New Zealand
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Powell, Denise – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2013
A case study of two qualified New Zealand Sign Language interpreters working in a post-secondary education setting in New Zealand was undertaken using both qualitative and quantitative methods. Educational sign language interpreting at the post-secondary level requires a different set of skills and is a reasonably new development in New Zealand.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Sign Language, Deaf Interpreting, Foreign Countries
Instructional Design Strategies Used to Provide Equal Learning Opportunity for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Learners
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Mercado Cruz, Daniel – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Traditional classrooms are not being designed with deaf and hard of hearing learners in mind. Providing equal learning opportunities with the use of appropriate instructional design strategies to deaf and hard of hearing learners requires that instructional designers, faculty, and educational institutions understand what accommodations and…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Teaching Methods, Qualitative Research
Mental Health Referral and Services for Maltreated Children and Child Protection Evaluations of Children with Special Needs: A National Survey of Hospital- and Community-Based Medically Oriented Teams
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Montoya, Louise A.; Giardino, Angelo P.; Leventhal, John M. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objective: To survey the self-perceived capability of medically oriented child maltreatment teams in the US to provide mental health referrals and services when needed and to evaluate children with special health care needs (CSHCN). Methods: Mailed questionnaire with 5 items related to mental health, 12 items on services for CSHCN, and 28 items on…
Descriptors: Health Services, Health Needs, Special Programs, Child Abuse
Teacher Trainees' Classroom Communication Preferences.
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Jones, Thomas W. – 1997
This study investigated the communication preferences of graduate students in the teacher education program in Deaf Education at Gallaudet University (District of Columbia). Thirty-seven (of 76) full-time students in the Master's program completed a questionnaire. Forty percent of the students were deaf or hard of hearing and 49 percent were…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Classroom Communication, Deaf Interpreting, Deafness
Comprehension of Sign Language Interpreting: Deciphering a Complex Task Situation
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Marschark, Marc; Sapere, Patricia; Convertino, Carol; Seewagen, Rosemarie; Maltzen, Heather – Sign Language Studies, 2004
Remarkably few studies have examined the outcomes of sign language interpreting. Three experiments reported here examine deaf students' comprehension of interpreting in American Sign Language and English-based signing (transliteration) as a function of their sign language skills and preferences. In Experiments 1 and 2, groups of deaf students…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Comprehension, Deaf Interpreting, Language Skills
Sign Language Interpreter Needs Assessment.
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Oakland Community Coll., Farmington, MI. Office of Institutional Planning and Analysis. – 1991
In 1991, a study was conducted by Oakland Community College (OCC) in order to evaluate the need for a proposed Sign Language Interpreter program. OCC's study focused on validating and updating findings from a similar research project begun in fall 1989 by Macomb Community College (MCC) in Warren, Michigan. Federal and state legislation, data from…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Deaf Interpreting, Employer Attitudes, Employment Projections