Fingerspelling and Sign Language as Alternative Codes for Reading and Writing Words for Chilean Deaf Signers

Autor/inn/en	Puente, Anibal; Alvarado, Jesus M.; Herrera, Valeria
Titel	Fingerspelling and Sign Language as Alternative Codes for Reading and Writing Words for Chilean Deaf Signers
Quelle	In: American Annals of the Deaf, 151 (2006) 3, S.299-310 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-726X
Schlagwörter	Written Language; Writing Skills; Sign Language; Finger Spelling; Deafness; Role; Reading Skills; Skill Development; Children; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Orthographic Symbols; Chile + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschriebene Sprache; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Gebärdensprache; Fingeralphabet; Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; Rollen; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland
Abstract	The study examined the role of sign language and fingerspelling in the development of the reading and writing skills of deaf children and youth. Twenty-six deaf participants (13 children, 13 adolescents), whose first language was Chilean Sign Language (CHSL), were examined. Their dactylic abilities were evaluated with tasks involving the reading and writing of dactylic and orthographic codes. The study included three experiments: (a) the identification of Chilean signs and fingerspelled words, (b) the matching of fingerspelled words with commercial logos, and (c) the decoding of fingerspelled words and the mapping of these words onto the writing system. The results provide convergent evidence that the use of fingerspelling and sign language is related to orthographic skills. It is concluded that fingerspelling can facilitate the internal representation of words and serve as a supporting mechanism for reading acquisition. (Contains 6 figures.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10