For as long as she can remember, Sonja Lanehart has been fascinated by how people speak. In particular, she was interested in the differences she noticed between how white people spoke, when compared ...

A qualitative study was conducted to examine principles and instructional strategies for teaching English literacy through ASL and for teaching ASL as a language art. The study site was an ASL/English ...

Lauren Guest stood high above the crowd waiting to enter the New Jersey Renaissance Faire on May 31. She was communicating with them, though her lips moved soundlessly. Guest is an American Sign ...

Alex Abenchuchan is the founder and host of “The Daily Moth,” an online news channel that covers trending topics in the U.S. and around the world in American Sign Language (ASL). The channel has over ...

American Annals of the Deaf, Vol. 161, No. 5 (WINTER 2017), pp. 540-551 (12 pages) RESPONDING TO AN ARTICLE by Grushkin on how deaf children best learn to read, published, along with the present ...

Anyone who has attended a public performance or speech during the past few decades would not be startled to see a signer vigorously interpreting what is happening on the stage. The bilingual ...

The words and works of William Shakespeare were not of particular interest to a young Rachel Berman-Kobylarz. She wasn't unfamiliar with the Bard — she did take English literature classes in high ...

The Sign Language Proficiency Interview (SLPI:ASL) involves a one-to-one conversation in sign language between an interviewer and candidate/interviewee. Interview content varies according to the ...

American Sign Language has been around since 1817, but plenty of parents and concerned citizens are still back in the Dark Ages when it comes to realizing just how valuable ASL can be for kids. And ...

Los Angeles schools will now teach both American Sign Language and spoken English to younger students. The policy change is meant to correct a history of suppressing ASL. But some say it goes too far.