[Slling-l] Papers on Deaf Literacy

[Stephen Slevinski]

Hi Natasha,

If your student is interested in sign languages other than ASL, she may 
want to consider Brazilian Sign Language.  In Brazil, there are 18 
Federal Universities and 12 public schools that use SignWriting to write 
their sign language.  They have found that skills in writing sign 
language translate into skills in writing Portuguese. There is research 
available, but most of it is written in Portuguese.  Here is a small set.

https://repositorio.ufsc.br/handle/123456789/177791
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1174381.pdf
https://www.academia.edu/2445859/SIGNWRITING_ESCRITA_VISUAL_PARA_LINGUA_DE_SINAIS_%C5%93_O_PROCESSO_DE_SINALIZA%C3%87%C3%80O_ESCRITA1

In the last link above, it contains this paragraph as translated into 
English.

"The studies I have carried out, although unrelated to academic studies, 
point to the fact that the learning of sign language writing enables the 
deaf student to develop their cognitive skills in a written form of the 
language that they have already developed competently. This learning 
process of written signaling can occur both in the preschool and in the 
initial grades of elementary school. Because it is a symbolic process, 
this writing is an effective instrument for the realization of the most 
sophisticated cognitive processes that allow cognitive development."

Regards,
-Steve


On 4/24/19 4:27 PM, Natasha Abner wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a student working on a project about Deaf literacy for a 
> bilingualism class and unfortunately most of the resources she's come 
> across have mainly highlighted poor literacy development of Deaf 
> students. She's well aware that this is due to educational policies 
> and practices and to issues of language access. However, in order to 
> make that argument in her project, she needs more sources about 
> successful literacy development in Deaf students. Does anyone have any 
> papers or scholars they could recommend?
>
> Thanks!
> Natasha
>
> -- 
> *Natasha Abner (/she/her/hers/)*
> Website <http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nabner/>
> Assistant Professor, Linguistics Department 
> <https://lsa.umich.edu/linguistics>
> PI, Sign Language & Multi-Modal Communication Lab 
> <https://www.facebook.com/signgesturelab/>
> Director, Camp Looking Glass <https://www.facebook.com/CampLookingGlass/>
> 450 Lorch
> University of Michigan
> Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1220

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