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Allbutt, John; Ling, Jonathan – Sign Language Studies, 2016
This study investigated educational provision and learner self-report factors associated with exam success for adult learners of British Sign Language (BSL) who were enrolled in either Level 1 or Level 2 courses. These levels are equivalent to the first and second year of a United Kingdom General Certificate of Secondary Education qualification.…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Language Tests
Schermer, Trude – Sign Language Studies, 2012
This article discusses several aspects of language planning with respect to Sign Language of the Netherlands, or Nederlandse Gebarentaal (NGT). For nearly thirty years members of the Deaf community, the Dutch Deaf Council (Dovenschap) have been working together with researchers, several organizations in deaf education, and the organization of…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Sign Language, Foreign Countries, Language Planning
Behares, Luis Ernesto; Brovetto, Claudia; Crespi, Leonardo Peluso – Sign Language Studies, 2012
In the first part of this article the authors consider the policies that apply to Uruguayan Sign Language (Lengua de Senas Uruguaya; hereafter LSU) and the Uruguayan Deaf community within the general framework of language policies in Uruguay. By analyzing them succinctly and as a whole, the authors then explain twenty-first-century innovations.…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Deafness
Rosen, Russell S. – Sign Language Studies, 2010
There is an exponential growth in the number of schools that offer American Sign Language (ASL) for foreign language credit and the different ASL curricula that were published. This study analyzes different curricula in its assumptions regarding language, learning, and teaching of second languages. It is found that curricula vary in their…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, American Sign Language