The Role of Fingerspelling in Early Communication, Language, and Literacy Acquisition of Deaf Children

Autor/in	MacGlaughlin, Heidi M.
Titel	The Role of Fingerspelling in Early Communication, Language, and Literacy Acquisition of Deaf Children
Quelle	(2018), (168 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ed.D. Dissertation, Lamar University - Beaumont
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-4380-7956-4
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Deafness; Language Acquisition; Teaching Methods; Finger Spelling; Literacy; Family Environment; Academic Achievement; Writing (Composition); Parent Child Relationship; Visual Stimuli; Phonological Awareness; Auditory Perception; Role; American Sign Language; English; Epistemology; Story Reading + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Fingeralphabet; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Familienmilieu; Schulleistung; Schreibübung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Rollen; English language; Englisch; Erkenntnistheorie
Abstract	The purpose of this dissertation was to examine the development and importance of fingerspelling among young Deaf children of Deaf parents for communication, learning about language, and pre-literacy in their natural home environment. The rationale was to examine how Deaf parents use fingerspelling with their young Deaf children during communication, storybook reading, and a free writing activity. Important insights were gleaned in discovering how young Deaf children learn about early language and literacy using visual inputs and outputs. By seeking firsthand knowledge from the members of the Deaf community about effective pedagogical practices with Deaf children, this shared knowledge could promote the literacy levels and academic achievement for other Deaf children. This qualitative study based on grounded theory and the method of constant comparison analysis were used to investigate these two points of view related to pathways to early literacy. The first perspective focused on the traditional epistemological perspective of auditory phonological awareness. The second paradigm emphasized fingerspelling and visual sign phonology. Data was collected through observations, parent interviews, and the gathering of documents and artifacts. The conclusions from this study showed how essential the role of fingerspelling was in fostering early language acquisition and how it provided an important link between ASL and English in pre-literacy development among Deaf children. The resulting theoretical framework highlighted the Deaf epistemology as a foundation to better understand and to improve early literacy for Deaf children. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01