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Peer reviewedHoemann, Harry W.; Kreske, Catherine M. – Sign Language Studies, 1995
Describes a study that found, contrary to previous reports, that a strong, symmetrical release from proactive interference (PI) is the normal outcome for switches between American Sign Language (ASL) signs and English words and with switches between Manual and English alphabet characters. Subjects were college students enrolled in their first ASL…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingual Students, Code Switching (Language), Comparative Analysis
Download full textPaul, Peter V. – 1990
This paper discusses the use of American Sign Language (ASL) in an English-as-a-Second-Language approach to teaching reading and writing skills to deaf students. The paper poses and answers the following theoretical and practical questions: (1) What is the nature of first language reading? (2) What is the nature of second language reading? (3)…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingual Education, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education
Erickson, Marianne – 1991
When evaluating the work of congenitally deaf students whose native language is spatial and semiotic, composition teachers must avoid being what Marjorie Siegel calls "verbocentric," since congenitally deaf students are, in effect, learning to write in a language completely foreign to them in structure, syntax, and grammar. The…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cued Speech, Deafness, English Instruction
Direct linkEvans, C. J. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2004
A bilingual model has been applied to educating deaf students who are learning American Sign Language (ASL) as their first language and written English as a second. Although Cummins's (1984) theory of second language learning articulates how learners draw on one language to acquire another, implementing teaching practices based on this theory,…
Descriptors: Literacy, Deafness, Case Studies, Bilingualism
Wilbur, Marcia L.; LeLoup, Jean W.; Ponterio, Robert; Jones, Zachary; Nuhfer-Halten, Bernice; Gordon, Kenneth A.; Gardner, Steven M.; Mentley, Carlos; Signori, Lisa F.; Heusinkveld, Paula; Burns-Hoffman, Rebecca; Jones, Jennifer; Cohn, Christie; Cherry, C. Maurice, Ed. – Southern Conference on Language Teaching, 2006
"Dimension" is the annual volume containing the selected, refereed, edited Proceedings of each year's conference. The theme chosen for the joint conference of the Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT) and the Florida Foreign Language Association (FFLA) in Orlando, Florida, February 16-18, 2006, was "Languages for Today's…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Clark, Eve V., Ed.; Holden, Gary, Ed. – 1987
Presented is a collection of 14 conference papers on various aspects of child language acquisition. Papers and authors include: "Language and Psychological Development" (Jean Berko Gleason); "Regression in the Phonological Development of Two Children" (Ken M. Bleile, J. Bruce Tomblin); "Children's Acquisition of the…
Descriptors: Adverbs, American Sign Language, Child Language, Chinese
ERIC Review, 1998
The "ERIC Review" announces research results, publications, and new programs relevant to each issue's theme. This issue focuses on foreign language education in grades K-12. Articles include: "Second Language Learning: Everyone Can Benefit" (Kathleen M. Marcos); "Foreign Language Education in the United States: Trends and…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Davis, Diane Talley, Ed.; And Others – 1995
This bibliography resulted from an investigation into the process and feasibility of developing an annotated bibliography of educational materials available in languages other than English. Materials were obtained from California, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, and the District of Columbia. Forty-two…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Annotated Bibliographies, Cambodian, Caregiver Role
Eckman, Fred R., Ed.; Hastings, Ashley J., Ed. – 1979
Papers presented at a 1977 symposium on language acquisition held at the University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee are included. Contents are as follows: "Assumptions, Methods and Goals in Language Acquisition Research" (Sheldon); "The Mother as LAD: Interaction between Order and Frequency of Parental Input and Child Production"…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Arabic, Bilingualism, Child Language
