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Publication Date: 2020
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Impact of Service-Learning on Latinx College Students Engaged in Intervention Services for the Deaf: Building Multicultural Competence
Smith-Warshaw, Janice; Crume, Peter; Pinzón-Pérez, Helda
International Journal of Multicultural Education, v22 n3 p50-75 2020
This article explores the experiences of Spanish-speaking Latinx university students in a sign language interpreting program who were enrolled in service-learning classes. In the service-learning classes, the students partnered with a community service agency for the deaf that provided intervention services to Spanish-speaking families with deaf children. The findings indicate that the students developed a deeper awareness of their multicultural and multilingual identity. Moreover, the students gained authentic experiences in brokering linguistic and cultural differences between the American deaf and Latinx communities in an effort to enhance intervention services for the deaf Latinx children.
Descriptors: Service Learning, Hispanic American Students, College Students, Intervention, Deafness, Cultural Awareness, Spanish Speaking, Student Experience, American Sign Language, Deaf Interpreting, Identification (Psychology), School Community Relationship, Multicultural Education
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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