In Bilingualism and Bilingual Deaf Education, volume editors Marc Marschark, Gladys Tang, and Harry Knoors bring together diverse issues and evidence in two related domains: bilingualism among deaf learners - in sign language and the written/spoken vernacular - and bilingual deaf education. The volume examines each issue with regard to language acquisition, language functioning, social-emotional functioning, and academic outcomes. It considers bilingualism and bilingual deaf education within the contexts of mainstream education of deaf and hard-of-hearing students in regular schools, placement in special schools and programs for the deaf, and co-enrollment programs, which are designed to give deaf students the best of both educational worlds. The volume offers both literature reviews and new findings across disciplines from neuropsychology to child development and from linguistics to cognitive psychology. With a focus on evidence-based practice, contributors consider recent investigations into bilingualism and bilingual programming in different educational contexts and in different countries that may have different models of using spoken and signed languages as well as different cultural expectations. The 18 chapters establish shared understandings of what are meant by bilingualism, bilingual education, and co-enrollment programming, examine their foundations and outcomes, and chart directions for future research in this multidisciplinary area. Chapters are divided into three sections: Linguistic, Cognitive, and Social Foundations; Education and Bilingual Education; and Co-Enrollment Settings. Chapters in each section pay particular attention to causal and outcome factors related to the acquisition and use of these two languages by deaf learners of different ages. The impact of bilingualism and bilingual deaf education in these domains is considered through quantitative and qualitative investigations, bringing into focus not only common educational, psychological, and linguistic variables, but also expectations and reactions of the stakeholders in bilingual programming: parents, teachers, schools, and the deaf and hearing students themselves.
Edited by:
Marc Marschark (Professor and Director National Technical Institute for the Deaf / Rochester Institute of Technology),
Gladys Tang (Professor of Linguistics and Modern Languages,
Chinese University of Hong Kong),
Harry Knoors (General Director of Knowledge & Innovation,
Royal Dutch Kentalis; Professor,
Behavioral Science Institute,
Radboud University Nijmegen,
The Netherlands)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 236mm,
Width: 165mm,
Spine: 42mm
Weight: 794g
ISBN: 9780199371815
ISBN 10: 0199371814
Series: Perspectives on Deafness
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 10 July 2014
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface 1. Bilingualism and Bilingual Deaf Education: Time To Take Stock Harry Knoors, Gladys Tang, and Marc Marschark Part 1. Linguistic, Cognitive and Social Foundations 2. Language Development and Language Interaction in Sign Bilingual Language Acquisition Carolina Plaza-Pust 3. Language Acquisition by Bilingual Deaf Preschoolers: Theoretical, Methodological Issues and Empirical Data Pasquale Rinaldi, Maria Cristina Caselli, Daniela Onofrio, and Virginia Volterra 4. Bimodal Bilingual Cross-Language Interaction: Pieces of the Puzzle Ellen Ormel and Marcel Giezen 5. Sign Language and Reading Comprehension: No Automatic Transfer Daniel Holzinger and Johannes Fellinger 6. The Influence of Communication Mode on Language Development in Children with Cochlear Implants Elizabeth Walker and Bruce Tomblin 7. Psychosocial Development in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children in the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges Manfred Hintermair 8. Bilingualism and Bimodal Bilingualism in Deaf People: A Neurolinguistic Approach Ana Mineiro, Maria Vania Silva Nunes, Mara Moita, Sonia Silva, and Alexandre Castro-Caldas Part 2. Education 9. Navigating Two Languages in the Classroom: Goals, Evidence, and Outcomes Marc Marschark and ChongMin Lee 10. Improving Reading Instruction to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students Loes Wauters and Annet de Klerk 11. Quality of Instruction in Bilingual Schools for Deaf Children: Through the Children's Eyes and the Camera's Lens Daan Hermans, Loes Wauters, Annet de Klerk, and Harry Knoors 12. Shifting Contexts and Practices in Sign Bilingual Education in Northern Europe: Implications for Professional Development and Training Ruth Swanwick, Ola Hendar, Jesper Dammeyer, Ann-Elise Kristoffersen, Jackie Salter, and Eva Simonsen Part 3. Bilingual education in co-enrollment settings 13. Language Development of Severe to Profoundly Deaf Children Studying in a Sign Bilingual and Co-Enrollment Environment Gladys Tang, Scholastica Lam, and Kun-man Chris Yiu 14. Social Integration of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students in a Sign Bilingual and Co-Enrollment Environment Kun-man Chris Yiu and Gladys Tang 15. Sign Bilingual and Co-Enrollment Education for Children with Cochlear Implants in Madrid, Spain: A Case Study Mar Perez Martin, Marian Valmaseda Balanzategui, and Gary Morgan 16. The Twinschool: A Co-Enrollment Program in the Netherlands Daan Hermans, Annet de Klerk, Loes Wauters, and Harry Knoors 17. Co-Enrollment in the United States: A Critical Analysis of Benefits and Challenges Shirin Antia and Kelly K. Metz Epilogue 18. Perspectives on Bilingualism and Bilingual Education for Deaf Learners Marc Marschark, Harry Knoors, and Gladys Tang
Marc Marschark is Professor at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, a college of Rochester Institute of Technology, where he directs the Center for Education Research Partnerships. His primary interest is in relations among language, learning, and cognition; current research focuses on such relations among deaf children and adults in formal and informal educational settings. He is Editor of the Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. Gladys Tang is Professor at the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is also Director of The Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies and Co-director of Research and Technology Centre for Language and Communication Disorders, Shenzhen Research Institute, Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her primary interest are sign linguistics and language acquisition of deaf and hard-of-hearing children. She is currently a member of the editorial board of Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, Sign Language Typology Series, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter/Ishara Press, and International Editor of the editorial board Gengo Kenkyu (Journal of the Linguistic Society of Japan), Japan. Harry Knoors is Professor at the Behavioral Science Institute of the Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and director of the Kentalis Academy at Royal Dutch Kentalis. Knoors is trained as a psycholinguist, specializing in language and literacy of deaf children. He is involved in research on childhood deafness (mainly language, literacy, and psychosocial development) and research on the effectiveness of special education. Knoors is an associate editor of the Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education.
Reviews for Bilingualism and Bilingual Deaf Education
...that this book is informative and addresses a range of complex and interrelated topics...highlighting critical issues that need to be contemplated in order for efficacy, effectiveness, and implementation research in the area of bilingual deaf education programming to become more focused and rigorous Lynn M. McQuarrie, Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
