Adapting the "Assessing British Sign Language Development: Receptive Skills Test" Into American Sign Language

Signed languages continue to be a key element of deaf education programs that incorporate a bilingual approach to teaching and learning. In order to monitor the success of bilingual deaf education programs, and in particular to monitor the progress of children acquiring signed language, it is essent...

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Published in:Journal of deaf studies and deaf education 2011, Vol.16 (3), p.362-374
Main Authors: Enns, Charlotte J., Herman, Rosalind C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
American Sign Language
Bilingualism
Biological and medical sciences
Canada
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Deaf education
Deafness
Deafness - rehabilitation
Ear, auditive nerve, cochleovestibular tract, facial nerve: diseases, semeiology
Education of Hearing Disabled
Educational evaluation
Educational Measurement
Empirical Articles
English language
First language acquisition
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Handicap
Humans
International sign language
Language
Language Acquisition
Language Development
Language Skills
Linguistics
Medical sciences
Non tumoral diseases
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Psychology and medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Researchers
Sign Language
Skills
Studies
Teaching Methods
United Kingdom
United States
Verbs
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Summary:Signed languages continue to be a key element of deaf education programs that incorporate a bilingual approach to teaching and learning. In order to monitor the success of bilingual deaf education programs, and in particular to monitor the progress of children acquiring signed language, it is essential to develop an assessment tool of signed language skills. Although researchers have developed some checklists and experimental tests related to American Sign Language (ASL) assessment, at this time a standardized measure of ASL does not exist. There have been tests developed in other signed languages, for example, British Sign Language, that can serve as models in this area. The purpose of this study was to adapt the Assessing British Sign Language Development: Receptive Skills Test for use in ASL in order to begin the process of developing a standardized measure of ASL skills. The results suggest that collaboration between researchers in different signed languages can provide a valuable contribution toward filling the gap in the area of signed language assessment.
ISSN:1081-4159
1465-7325
DOI:10.1093/deafed/enr004