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Wilcox, Sherman; Wilcox, Phyllis Learning To See: American Sign Language as a Second Language. Language in Education: Theory and Practice

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During the last decade, the study of American Sign Language (ASL) as a second language has become enormously popular.

More and more schools and universities recognize the important role that ASL can play in foreign language education. This monograph

provides a comprehensive introduction to the history and structure of ASL, to the Deaf community and the culture of the Deaf people, to the methods of teaching ASL as a second language, and to the many Issues facing the field of ASL instruction. Extensive information is offered to help the ASL student understand the language in its cultural context and to help ASL educators and program administrators design

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Language in Education Theory and Practice

Learning to See:

American Sign Language as a Second Language

Sherman Wilcox Phyllis Wilcox

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Wilcox. Sherman.

Learning to see! American sign language as a second lanai ige /

Sherman Wile074. Phyllis Wilcox: prepared by the Clearinghouse on

Linguages and Linguistics.

p. cm. (Language in education: 76)

-A Publicafion of Center for Applied Unguistics:

Includes bibliogn.nhical references.

ISBN 0.1524679-:.

I. Sign languageSit. by and teachingUnited States. 2. Deaf

United StatesSocial contlitio ,s. 3. DeafnessSocial aspects.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Whitney Stewart, our editor at the Center for Applied Linguistics, Professor Deb Smith, and Charles Wilkinson for their invaluable assistance.

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6

Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 10

Credits

Humphries, Padden, & O'Rourke, (1980), p. 97 Original by S. Wilcox Humphires, Padden, & O'Rourke, (1980), p. 30 Humphries, Padden, & O'Rourke, (1980), p. 230 Humphries, Pidden, & O'Rourke, (1980), p. 235 Humphries, Padden, & O'Rouke, (1980), p. 30

revised by S. Wilcox Original by S. Wilcox Baker & Coke ly, (1980), p. 18 Coke ly & Baker, (1980), pp. 85 - 86 Original by S. Wilcox

Table 1 Table 2 Table 3

Original by S. Wilcox Original by S. Wilcox Sign Language Studies 59 (1980, p. 189

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To the many wonderful American Sign Language students at the University of New Mexico who have enriched our lives as language teachers.

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Contents

PREFACE

1

Chapter 1

MORE THAN A GESTURE

3

Chapter 2

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IN PERSPECTIVE

13

Chapter 3

AMEIUCAN DEAF CULTURE

54

Chapter 4

TEACHING ASL

76

Chapter 5

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS

109

Appendices

119

References

126

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