Your textbook…
Cover image for Language Learning in Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Multiple Pathways
View larger cover

Language Learning in Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Multiple Pathways

By Susan R. Easterbrooks, Sharon Baker

ISBN-10: 0-205-33100-9

ISBN-13: 978-0-205-33100-0What's this?

Published by Allyn & Bacon

© 2002

Pub. Date: Sep 18, 2001

Format: Paper

Table of Contents

Each chapter concludes with a "Summary" and "Questions for Critical Thinking."

Introduction and Preface.


Dedication.


Table of Contents.


1. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION OF CHILDREN WHO ARE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING.

Language issues within the context of history.

Language issues within the context of instruction.

Language issues within the context of technology.

Language issues within the contexts of culture.

Language issues within the context of the law.



2. LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN CHILDREN WHO ARE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING.

The nature of language.

The elements of language: form, content, and use.

Theories of language development.

Principles of language instruction.

Stages of language development.

The critical period for first language acquisition.

Factors that contribute to language acquisition.

The influence of bilingualism on deaf education.

Hard of hearing children.



3. MULTIPLE PATHWAYS TO LANGUAGE LEARNING.

How children learn language.

Where students are taught.

Heterogeneity of the population.



4. ASSESSMENT OF LANGUAGE.

Standards for assessment.

Why do we assess?

Types of tests and test scores.

Issues in assessment of deaf and hard of hearing students.

Formal and informal measures of language.

Evaluators and students.

Choosing a battery of tests and other assessment procedures.

Language development versus language disorders.

Chapter appendix a.

Chapter appendix b.



5. FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE.

Pragmatic Intent: the heart and soul of language learning.

Language acquisition in students who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Language learning principles.

Language instructional approaches, practices and technique.

Considering the needs of the individual.

Planning language instruction.



6. ANSWERING AND ASKING QUESTIONS: KEYS TO CONVERSATION.

The relationship between questioning and conversation.

The Johnson conversational model.

Promoting conversation and questioning skills.

Question forms in English.

Question formation in ASL.

The elephant in the living room.



7. ENGLISH AND ASL GRAMMAR.

Orientation to English language structure.

Orientation to the components of ASL.

An examination of nouns, noun phrases, and nominalized forms of English.

Noun issues in ASL.

An examination of verbs, verb phrases, and the auxiliary system of English.

Verbs in ASL.

An examination of English adjectives, adjective phrases, and advanced adjectival forms.

Adjective issues in ASL.

An examination of English adverbs, adverb phrases, and advanced adverb forms.

Adverb issues in ASL.

An examination of the negation system of English.

Negation issues in ASL.



References.


Index.

This textbook is also sold in the various packages listed below. Before purchasing one of these packages, speak with your professor about which one will help you be successful in your course.

Package ISBN-13: 9780205466658

$339.20 | Add to Cart

This package contains:

  • Language Learning in Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Multiple Pathways
    Susan R. Easterbrooks, Sharon Baker | ©2002 | Paper; 288 pages
  • Qualitative Reading Inventory-4, 4th Edition
    Lauren Leslie, JoAnne Schudt Caldwell | ©2006 | Spiral Bound; 496 pages
  • Language and Literacy Development in Children Who Are Deaf, 2nd Edition
    Barbara R. Schirmer | ©2000 | Paper; 278 pages
  • Reading Strategies and Practices: A Compendium, MyLabSchool Edition, 6th Edition
    Robert J. Tierney, John E. Readence | ©2005 | Paper Bound with PIN; 552 pages

Textbook

List Price: $103.00

Add to Shopping Cart

Members pay only $92.70

Free FedEx Ground Shipping.