Literacy in Deaf
Education
Clerc Center Literacy Homepage
Projects and information from the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education
Center
on literacy with deaf
and hard of hearing children and young adults. Information about the
Shared Reading Project, learning from Deaf adults, etc.
Gallaudet Graduate
Research Institute: Literacy and Deaf Students
GRI's research about literacy - What is the reading
level of deaf and hard of hearing people? How can one assess the language skills
of deaf students? Where can one find reliable research on literacy or another
topic related to deafness?
Manipulative Visual Language
"Manipulative Visual Language - A TOOL TO HELP CRACK THE CODE OF ENGLISH"
- For students with hearing loss, especially those in elementary school, MVL
provides a visual model of English in its basic forms. Although basic elements
of this technique are in use in some Montessori schools, we developed this
system, refining MVL in order to address some of the difficulties in teaching
English grammar to deaf students.
Signs of Literacy
The barriers to literacy improvement are not insurmountable, but they are varied
and numerous, including late identification of the majority of deaf children,
negative attitudes and misinformation about Deaf people and their visual
language and culture, lack of descriptive, longitudinal research on diverse deaf
children, their families and their school environments, and lack of knowledge
about the nature of Deaf bilingualism in home, school and community contexts,
including the relationship of American Sign Language and English literacy. The
Signs of Literacy (SOL) research was begun in 1993 at Gallaudet University in
order to begin to address these gaps in the knowledge base.
Reading Challenges
and Strategies
Preparing Postsecondary Professionals website about literacy - idiomatic language, vocabulary and multiple meanings,
and critical language awareness
Writing Challenges
and Strategies
Preparing Postsecondary Professionals website about literacy
ESL Literacy for a Linguistic Minority: The Deaf Experience
This digest offers possible explanations for these difficulties and describes new approaches in deaf education that show promise for improving the literacy skills of deaf adults.
Deafplanet.com
Educational and fun TV program for deaf children. The first web and television series which features American Sign Language (ASL) as the primary language used.
