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Kimberly Wolbers; Leala Holcomb; Laura Hamman-Ortiz – Grantee Submission, 2023
In this conceptual article, the authors introduce the Translanguaging Framework for Deaf Education (TFDE), drawing upon two perspectives on language and learning: crip linguistics and critical translanguaging space. The TFDE is a retheorization of the Language Zone, a pedagogical framework for supporting language learning in deaf education, and is…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Translation, Bilingualism, Deafness
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Hsiu Tan Liu; Han Ho Hsieh; Wan Ying Lin; Jean F. Andrews; Chun Jung Liu – Deafness & Education International, 2024
Educational sign language interpreting services (SLIS) are vital for ensuring equal access to classroom information for mainstreamed deaf students. This study conducted interviews with 12 stakeholders, including deaf students and their parents, sign language interpreters, and resource room teachers, to comprehensively explore the status of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Deaf Interpreting, Sign Language, Mainstreaming
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Ana Tamayo; Marta Iravedra – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2025
This article argues in favour of higher education studies in sign language (SL) related disciplines, more specifically, sign language interpreting and translation (SLIT) -- focusing on the Spanish, and Basque, academic situation and societal needs. Firstly, we offer an overview of higher education SL teaching and SLIT training in Europe and Spain.…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Deaf Interpreting, Translation, Spanish
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Stern, Ludmila; Liu, Xin – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2019
Legal and court interpreters require advanced professional skills to perform their demanding tasks. How well does Australia prepare interpreters to fulfil the linguistic needs of its numerous communities, including 'established' migrant, indigenous, 'new and emerging' and deaf, in a variety of legal settings? Based on the online data and…
Descriptors: Translation, Language Processing, Second Languages, Court Litigation
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Dolman, David; Rook, Laurie – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2017
This article describes and evaluates one residential school for the deaf and hard of hearing, Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf (ENCSD), and their experience in implementing the Fairview Learning program. The program consists of five components (Schimmel & Edwards, 2003). Two of the components--phonemic awareness and literature-based…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Residential Schools, Program Implementation
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Kurz, Kim B.; Schick, Brenda; Hauser, Peter C. – Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities, 2015
This research study compared learning of 6-9th grade deaf students under two modes of educational delivery--interpreted vs. direct instruction using science lessons. Nineteen deaf students participated in the study in which they were taught six science lessons in American Sign Language. In one condition, the lessons were taught by a hearing…
Descriptors: Deafness, Direct Instruction, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
Dennison, Kim, Comp. – Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities, 2015
Sometimes parents just do not know where to begin once their child has been diagnosed as deaf or hearing impaired. This booklet will help answer some of the questions parents might have. A resource section has been included for parents and professionals on pages 43-44, for future reference. One of the most important things to remember is that,…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Assistive Technology
Leal, Priscila, Ed.; West, Gordon, Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2015
The theme for this year's annual graduate student conference of the College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature (LLL) was "Your Voice, My Voice: Literature, Language, Culture and Society." Translation and interpretation guided the theme for the conference, with Dr. Marvin Puakea Nogelmeier of the Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian…
Descriptors: History, Translation, Literature, Mothers
Gietz, Merrilee R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The effectiveness of using American Sign Language (ASL) handshape stories to teach word recognition in whole stories using a descriptive case study approach was explored. Four profoundly deaf children ages 7 to 8, enrolled in a self-contained deaf education classroom in a public school in the south participated in the story time five-week…
Descriptors: Deafness, American Sign Language, Word Recognition, Case Studies
Knoors, Harry, Ed.; Marschark, Marc, Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2018
This volume presents the latest research from internationally recognized researchers and practitioners on language, literacy and numeracy, cognition, and social and emotional development of deaf learners. In their contributions, authors sketch the backgrounds and contexts of their research, take interdisciplinary perspectives in merging their own…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Multilingualism
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Swanwick, Ruth A.; Kitchen, Ruth; Clarke, Paula J. – Deafness and Education International, 2012
This study examined different perspectives of deaf education practitioners on deafness and reading comprehension. This involved a full deaf education support team comprising teachers of the deaf, communication support workers, and deaf instructors from a UK citywide service covering early years, primary and secondary settings. Using a focus group…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Sign Language, Focus Groups, Deafness
Thumann, Mary Agnes – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation examines depiction in American Sign Language (ASL) presentations. The impetus for this study came from my work as an instructor in an interpreter education program. The majority of ASL/English interpreters are second language learners of ASL, and many of them find some features of ASL challenging to learn. These features are…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Nonverbal Communication, Second Languages, Deafness