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“Down the Language Rabbit Hole with Alice” : A Case Study of a Deaf Girl with a Cochlear Implant
Joint Authors
Andrews, Jean F.
Dionne, Vickie
Source
International Journal of Otolaryngology
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-10-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Alice, a deaf girl who was implanted after age three years of age was exposed to four weeks of storybook sessions conducted in American Sign Language (ASL) and speech (English).
Two research questions were address: (1) how did she use her sign bimodal/bilingualism, codeswitching, and code mixing during reading activities and (2) what sign bilingual code-switching and code-mixing strategies did she use while attending to stories delivered under two treatments: ASL only and speech only.
Retelling scores were collected to determine the type and frequency of her codeswitching/codemixing strategies between both languages after Alice was read to a story in ASL and in spoken English.
Qualitative descriptive methods were utilized.
Teacher, clinician and student transcripts of the reading and retelling sessions were recorded.
Results showed Alice frequently used codeswitching and codeswitching strategies while retelling the stories retold under both treatments.
Alice increased in her speech production retellings of the stories under both the ASL storyreading and spoken English-only reading of the story.
The ASL storyreading did not decrease Alice’s retelling scores in spoken English.
Professionals are encouraged to consider the benefits of early sign bimodal/bilingualism to enhance the overall speech, language and reading proficiency of deaf children with cochlear implants.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Andrews, Jean F.& Dionne, Vickie. 2011. “Down the Language Rabbit Hole with Alice” : A Case Study of a Deaf Girl with a Cochlear Implant. International Journal of Otolaryngology،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-463729
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Andrews, Jean F.& Dionne, Vickie. “Down the Language Rabbit Hole with Alice” : A Case Study of a Deaf Girl with a Cochlear Implant. International Journal of Otolaryngology No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-463729
American Medical Association (AMA)
Andrews, Jean F.& Dionne, Vickie. “Down the Language Rabbit Hole with Alice” : A Case Study of a Deaf Girl with a Cochlear Implant. International Journal of Otolaryngology. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-463729
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-463729