Deaf Education: Global Perspectives
  • Home
    • Site Map
  • About
  • Toolkit: Inclusive Classroom Strategies for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students
    • The Physical Environment >
      • Identifying & Addressing Barriers
      • Classroom Design
    • The Learning Environment >
      • Adapting and Modifying the Curriculum
      • Language Experience Approach
      • Bilingual Strategies
      • Fifteen Principles for Reading to Deaf Children
      • Multicultural Signed Stories
      • Deaf Poems
      • Online Sign Language Dictionaries
    • The Social Environment >
      • Stereotypes and Misconceptions About Deaf People
      • Oral vs Sign Debate
      • Different Deaf Education Settings
  • Happenings in Deaf Communities Worldwide
    • Deaf in the Developing World
    • Diversity among Deaf Communities
    • Socio-cultural Barriers Towards Deaf People & People with Disabilities
    • Success Stories: Deaf Role-Models Around the World
    • Past and Current Deaf Projects Worldwide
    • Deaf Education Programs Around the World
  • Resources for Parents of Deaf Children
    • Fifteen Principles for Reading to Deaf Children
    • Videos
    • Blogs & Articles
    • Multicultural Signed Stories
    • Deaf Poems
  • Further Reading
    • Journal Articles >
      • Deaf Education Policy as Language Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Sweden and the United States
      • Literacy and Deaf Students in Taiwan: Issues, Practices and Directions for Future Research: Part I
      • The Comprehensiveness of Transition Services for Deaf Learners in Zimbabwe
      • Deaf Children Attending Different School Environments: Sign Language Abilities and Theory of Mind.
      • Historical Development of Hong Kong Sign Language
    • Books >
      • Deaf Gain: Raising the stakes for human diversity.
      • Raising a Deaf Child in a Hearing Family in Ukraine
      • Deaf Around the World: The Impact of Language
      • The Emergence of the Deaf Community in Nicaragua
      • The Rising of Lotus Flowers: Self-Education by Deaf Children in Thai Boarding Schools
  • More Links
    • Informational Websites
    • Organizations
  • Take the Survey
  • Contact

Literacy and Deaf Students in Taiwan: Issues, Practices and Directions for Future Research: Part I

Despite the fact that deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children have a lack of access to auditory input and phonemic awareness compared to hearing children and low proficiency in sign language, they still learn to read and write (Liu, Liu & Andrews, 2014). This article explores the process on how DHH children acquire literacy skills, and how they utilize sign language to develop literacy skills in the Chinese and English language. It was found the DHH children build on their existing knowledge of sign language regardless of fluency level, to read logographic scripts in Taiwan. 

Contextual issues namely island demographics, reading attainment levels, background language learning factors such as cause of deafness and deaf culture, that influence the reading process, are explored. The linguistic features of written English and Chinese that the DHH children are learning are also described. The authors give an account of the history on how the Taiwanese deaf education system was established by the Japanese during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan between 1895 and 1945, and how the push for oralism shaped language policy and planning after the war.


Reference

Liu, H. T., Liu, C. J., & Andrews, J. F. (2014). Literacy and deaf students in Taiwan: Issues, practices and directions for future research: Part I. 
Deafness & Education International, 16(1), 2-22.
Your browser does not support viewing this document. Click here to download the document.



Liu, H. T., Liu, C. J., & Andrews, J. F. (2014). Literacy and deaf students in Taiwan: Issues, practices and directions for future research: Part II.
Deafness & Education International, 16(1), 23-36.
part_ii.pdf
File Size: 376 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
    • Site Map
  • About
  • Toolkit: Inclusive Classroom Strategies for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students
    • The Physical Environment >
      • Identifying & Addressing Barriers
      • Classroom Design
    • The Learning Environment >
      • Adapting and Modifying the Curriculum
      • Language Experience Approach
      • Bilingual Strategies
      • Fifteen Principles for Reading to Deaf Children
      • Multicultural Signed Stories
      • Deaf Poems
      • Online Sign Language Dictionaries
    • The Social Environment >
      • Stereotypes and Misconceptions About Deaf People
      • Oral vs Sign Debate
      • Different Deaf Education Settings
  • Happenings in Deaf Communities Worldwide
    • Deaf in the Developing World
    • Diversity among Deaf Communities
    • Socio-cultural Barriers Towards Deaf People & People with Disabilities
    • Success Stories: Deaf Role-Models Around the World
    • Past and Current Deaf Projects Worldwide
    • Deaf Education Programs Around the World
  • Resources for Parents of Deaf Children
    • Fifteen Principles for Reading to Deaf Children
    • Videos
    • Blogs & Articles
    • Multicultural Signed Stories
    • Deaf Poems
  • Further Reading
    • Journal Articles >
      • Deaf Education Policy as Language Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Sweden and the United States
      • Literacy and Deaf Students in Taiwan: Issues, Practices and Directions for Future Research: Part I
      • The Comprehensiveness of Transition Services for Deaf Learners in Zimbabwe
      • Deaf Children Attending Different School Environments: Sign Language Abilities and Theory of Mind.
      • Historical Development of Hong Kong Sign Language
    • Books >
      • Deaf Gain: Raising the stakes for human diversity.
      • Raising a Deaf Child in a Hearing Family in Ukraine
      • Deaf Around the World: The Impact of Language
      • The Emergence of the Deaf Community in Nicaragua
      • The Rising of Lotus Flowers: Self-Education by Deaf Children in Thai Boarding Schools
  • More Links
    • Informational Websites
    • Organizations
  • Take the Survey
  • Contact