Nursery rhymes in American Sign Language (ASL) can be used in parent-infant and early
childhood programs to support early acquisition of sign language, ASL literacy, and …

Encouraging relaxed and playful interaction over stories naturally fosters language
interaction and both preliteracy [hereafter (pre) literacy skills] and literacy without anxiety …

Abstract Design features of American Sign Language (ASL)-English bilingual storybook
apps on the tablet computers, based on learning research, are intended to facilitate …

Inclusive education recognizes and values the diversity of students, guaranteeing their
development, participation, and learning within the same classroom. However, this form of …

Drawing from Kress's social semiotic theory, multimodal analysis, and visual analysis, I
analyzed the design, modes, communication, transactions (or lack of), and the sign-maker's …

Sign language can be used to help deaf learners develop reading skills. This chapter
reviews studies that provide international perspectives on how deaf learners use their sign …

Successful text comprehension relies on a range of skills, including decoding ability,
vocabulary knowledge, syntactic knowledge, literal comprehension, and the ability to draw …

Helping all students achieve literacy is viewed by many as a fundamental–perhaps, the most
fundamental–goal of education in the United States. Achieving literacy, specifically for Deaf …

Purpose: The average high school student with hearing loss graduates reading at a 4th
grade level. A factor that may contribute to the literacy development in children with typical …

Shared reading plays an essential role in the language and literacy development of children
who are at risk of future problems in those areas. Children with hearing loss (CHL) are a …