Teaching and Learning Signed Languages: International Perspectives and Practices

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Swedish Sign Language as a Second Language: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives....Pages 11-34
Developing Deaf Communities through Sign Language Teacher Training....Pages 35-64
Educating the Trainers of British Sign Language Tutors: Documenting the Educational Experience....Pages 65-81
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Using Corpus-Based Research to Inform the Teaching of Auslan (Australian Sign Language) as a Second Language....Pages 85-110
eLCA — An e-learning Unit for Acquiring Constructed Action....Pages 111-128
Transcription as a Tool for Increasing Metalinguistic Awareness in Learners of German Sign Language as a Second Language....Pages 129-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Native Language, Target Language, and the Teaching and Learning of American Sign Language Vocabulary....Pages 145-174
Hearing Parents as Plurilingual Learners of ASL....Pages 175-196
Learner Autonomy in New Zealand Sign Language Interpreting Students....Pages 197-221
Teaching British Sign Language as a Second Language to Deaf Sign Language Users: Insights from the Signs2Go Online Course....Pages 222-250
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Formative Assessment for Student Progress and Program Improvement in Sign Language as L2 Programs....Pages 253-280
Back Matter....Pages 281-291