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    Hi Natasha,<br>
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    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.<br>
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    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://repositorio.ufsc.br/handle/123456789/177791">https://repositorio.ufsc.br/handle/123456789/177791</a><br>
    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1174381.pdf">https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1174381.pdf</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.academia.edu/2445859/SIGNWRITING_ESCRITA_VISUAL_PARA_LINGUA_DE_SINAIS_%C5%93_O_PROCESSO_DE_SINALIZA%C3%87%C3%80O_ESCRITA1">https://www.academia.edu/2445859/SIGNWRITING_ESCRITA_VISUAL_PARA_LINGUA_DE_SINAIS_%C5%93_O_PROCESSO_DE_SINALIZA%C3%87%C3%80O_ESCRITA1</a><br>
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    In the last link above, it contains this paragraph as translated
    into English.<br>
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    "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."<br>
    <br>
    Regards,<br>
    -Steve<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/24/19 4:27 PM, Natasha Abner
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        <div>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?</div>
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        <div>Thanks!</div>
        <div>Natasha</div>
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            <div><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Natasha Abner (<i>she/her/hers</i>)</b></font></div>
            <div><a href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~nabner/"
                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><font
                  face="georgia, serif">Website</font></a></div>
            <div><font face="georgia, serif">Assistant Professor, <a
                  href="https://lsa.umich.edu/linguistics"
                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Linguistics
                  Department</a></font></div>
            <div><font face="georgia, serif">PI, <a
                  href="https://www.facebook.com/signgesturelab/"
                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Sign Language
                  & Multi-Modal Communication Lab</a></font></div>
            <div><font face="georgia, serif">Director, <a
                  href="https://www.facebook.com/CampLookingGlass/"
                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Camp Looking
                  Glass</a></font></div>
            <div><font face="georgia, serif">450 Lorch</font></div>
            <div><font face="georgia, serif">University of Michigan</font></div>
            <div><font face="georgia, serif">Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1220</font></div>
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