Title
Sign Language “Storyreading” for Children Who are Deaf
Document Type
Grant Proposal
Date Accepted
Summer 2008
Project Description/Abstract
By age 18 years, typical deaf students score at about the fourth or fifth grade level on standard reading achievement tests. With a current educational focus on the use of American Sign Language (ASL) in deaf education, there has been a surge in the presentation of children’s literature in ASL on video/DVD. The focus of these videos/DVDs is on storytelling rather than on storyreading and, while the story’s illustrations are provided, the actual print of the story is not. This proposal is an initial effort to develop storyreading videos/DVDs for use with deaf children. Following the accepted procedures of read-aloud and shared-reading practices, stories traditionally used to facilitate literacy development in hearing children will be “read” in sign language. The “reading” of the story rather than the “telling” of the story, and the association of the print while “reading” would be the unique features of these materials.
Recommended Citation
Ciocci, Sandra (2008). Sign Language “Storyreading” for Children Who are Deaf. CARS Summer Grants. Item 59.
https://vc.bridgew.edu/summer_grant/59