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Direct linkKuntze, Marlon – American Annals of the Deaf, 2023
The discussion on the role of American Sign Language (ASL) in deaf students' reading development has been long and contentious. The students' limited knowledge of English has been commonly perceived as a culprit in making reading difficult. However, a more nuanced explanation of reading performance and its relationship with competence in ASL's…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Reading Comprehension, English
Hamilton, Harley – Sign Language Studies, 2017
This article investigates the sequential recall of manual alphabet letters by signing deaf adolescents under two presentation conditions: fingerspelling and the listing and ordering technique (LOT) of American Sign Language. Fingerspelling presents each letter in a manner similar to the spelling of spoken words: A letter is produced and then is no…
Descriptors: Sequential Approach, Recall (Psychology), American Sign Language, Alphabets
Haptonstall-Nykaza, Tamara S.; Schick, Brenda – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2007
Fingerspelling is an integral part of American Sign Language (ASL) and it is also an important aspect of becoming bilingual in English and ASL. Even though fingerspelling is based on English orthography, the development of fingerspelling does not parallel the development of reading in hearing children. Research reveals that deaf children may…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Training Methods, Graphemes, Deafness
