Writing Development and Translanguaging in Signing Bilingual Deaf Children of Deaf Parents

Abstract

Translanguaging allows for a holistic lens on the natural language practices of multilinguals and the strategies they use to communicate and to make meaning, such as writing. Multilinguals have a single, integrated linguistic repertoire and reasoning in which all languages are naturally activated in the brain throughout the writing process. Some deaf children are raised in environments where signed language is first acquired and then used to support the development of a written language. The current literature on translanguaging is scant in capturing signing bilingual deaf writers’ translanguaging practices. This study took a closer look at the written texts produced by three deaf siblings within an American Sign Language/English bilingual deaf family across the course of their childhood between three and ten years old. Their applications of linguistic features in writing over time were qualitatively identified, described, and analyzed. This study’s findings provided rich descriptions and examples of the ways signing bilingual deaf children leverage their whole linguistic repertoire to express ideas in print. Because translanguaging practices were modeled at home and school during natural interactions and direct instruction, these siblings’ language and writing skills continued to flourish over time.

Desenvolvimento De Materiais Para Alfabetização Em Língua De Sinais E Na Escrita

“…Uma extensa literatura apoia a relação positiva e mutuamente dependente existente entre o conhecimento da LS e o desenvolvimento da língua escrita em crianças SDA (para ASL e inglês, consulte: Holcomb, Dostal, & Wolbers, 2023;Holcomb 2023;Hoffmeister et al, 2022;Scott, 2022;Allen & Morere 2020;Andrews et. al., 2016;Hrastinski & Wilbur, 2016;Scott & Hoffmeister, 2016;Allen et al, 2014;Novogrodsky et al, 2014; para LS sueca e sueco consulte Rudner et al, 2015).…”

“…A competência linguística em LS ajuda na alfabetização, na leitura e nas habilidades de escrita dos alunos SDA (Holcomb, 2023, Rudner et al, 2015. A aplicação dos recursos linguísticos (sinalizados) dos alunos SDA fica evidente em seus recursos emergentes de escrita (Holcomb, Dostal, & Wolbers, 2023).…”

Adaptation of mothers of hearing-impaired children to cochlear implantation: A qualitative study for identification of effective factors

“…Parents start appreciating and loving their deaf child gradually only after fully accepting their hearing loss (5). Then, they dedicate efforts to creating a life in which they can meet their child's special needs (6,7). Mothers' ability to adapt to their child's hearing loss affects the infant's life in various ways (8).…”