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Teaching and Learning Signed Languages

International Perspectives and Practices

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. David McKee

    1. Deaf Studies Research Unit in the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

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  2. Russell S. Rosen

    1. Teachers College, Columbia University, USA

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  3. Rachel McKee

    1. Deaf Studies Research Unit in the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • David McKee, Russell S. Rosen, Rachel McKee
      Pages 1-7

  3. Development and Impacts of Sign Language Teaching

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Swedish Sign Language as a Second Language: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

      • Anna-Lena Nilsson, Krister Schönström
      Pages 11-34

    3. Developing Deaf Communities through Sign Language Teacher Training

      • David McKee, James Woodward
      Pages 35-64

    4. Educating the Trainers of British Sign Language Tutors: Documenting the Educational Experience

      • Gary A. Quinn, Graham H. Turner
      Pages 65-81

  4. Innovations in Using Digital Tools in Teaching and Learning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Using Corpus-Based Research to Inform the Teaching of Auslan (Australian Sign Language) as a Second Language

      • Donovan Cresdee, Trevor Johnston
      Pages 85-110

    3. eLCA — An e-learning Unit for Acquiring Constructed Action

      • Renate Fischer, Anke Müller
      Pages 111-128

    4. Transcription as a Tool for Increasing Metalinguistic Awareness in Learners of German Sign Language as a Second Language

      • Thomas Kaul, Reiner Griebel, Emily Kaufmann
      Pages 129-142

  5. Learners and Contexts for Learning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Native Language, Target Language, and the Teaching and Learning of American Sign Language Vocabulary

      • Russell S. Rosen, Mary-Kate DeLouise, Amanda T. Boyle, Kerry Daley
      Pages 145-174

    3. Hearing Parents as Plurilingual Learners of ASL

      • Kristin Snoddon
      Pages 175-196

    4. Learner Autonomy in New Zealand Sign Language Interpreting Students

      • Lynette Pivac
      Pages 197-221

    5. Teaching British Sign Language as a Second Language to Deaf Sign Language Users: Insights from the Signs2Go Online Course

      • Jens Hessmann, Liesbeth Pyfers
      Pages 222-250

  6. Assessment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 251-251
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    2. Formative Assessment for Student Progress and Program Improvement in Sign Language as L2 Programs

      • David H. Smith, Jeffrey E. Davis
      Pages 253-280

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 281-291
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About this book

Teaching and Learning Signed Languages examines current practices, contexts, and the research nexus in the teaching and learning of signed languages, offering a contemporary, international survey of innovations in this field.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Deaf Studies Research Unit in the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

    David McKee, Rachel McKee

  • Teachers College, Columbia University, USA

    Russell S. Rosen

About the editors

Amanda T. Boyle, Little Rascals Learning Center Donovan Cresdee, Macquarie University Kerry Daley, Dowling College Jeffrey Davis, University of Tennessee, USA Mary-Kate DeLouise, Mary McDowell Friends School Renate Fischer, University of Hamburg, Germany Reiner Griebel, University of Cologne, Germany Jens Hessmann, Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences, Germany Trevor Johnston, Macquarie University, Australia Emily Kaufmann, University of Cologne, Germany Thomas Kaul, University of Cologne, Germany David McKee, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Rachel McKee, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Anke Müller, the University of Hamburg, Germany Anna-Lena Nilsson, Stockholm University, Sweden Lynette Pivac, AUT University, New Zealand Liesbeth Pyfers, Pragma, the Netherlands Gary A. Quinn, University of Edinburgh, UK Russell S. Rosen, Columbia University, USA Krister Schönström, Stockholm University, Sweden David H. Smith, University of Tennessee, USA Kristin Snoddon, Ryerson University, Canada Graham H. Turner, Heriot-Watt University, UK James Woodward, the Chinese University of Hong Kong

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