1. 7/15/021 What We Know About Deaf Students and Learning John Albertini ESL Workshops July 15-19, 2002

2. 7/15/022 Outline Introduction: orientation to child development and view of education Deaf children in the US: demographics and characteristics Learning and language learning at home Cognitive development Literacy learning

3. 7/15/023 Introduction A cognitive orientation to children’s development A social constructivist view of their education

4. 7/15/024 Deaf Children in the US: Demographics Sign City (video) 23 million Americans (less than 10%) have significant, chronic hearing losses 1.5 million Americans are deaf in both ears (NCHS, 1999) Family backgrounds School environments

5. 7/15/025 Deaf Children in the US: Characteristics Languages in the home Lower family incomes Mental health

6. 7/15/026 Language Learning--how?  Overgeneralizations  Semantic English: Daddy Chinese: 爷爷  Morphological English: goed, sitted, swimmed foots, sheeps, deers ASL: DON’T – EAT DRINK, TICKLE  Pronouns English: Want to sit in my lap (your) Chinese: 把狗狗给你 (me)

7. 7/15/027 Language learning--when? Mother’s voice (hearing infants) Sign/speech emergence Milestones

8. 7/15/028 Language learning—how well? Critical Period Key factors in development

9. 7/15/029 Cognitive Development Visual-Spatial Abilities Working (short-term) memory Semantic (long-term) memory Creativity and problem solving

10. 7/15/0210 Interaction of Knowledge and Reading BLUE GREEN RED PURPLE

11. 7/15/0211 Interaction of Knowledge and Reading RED PURPLE BLUE GREEN

12. 7/15/0212 Interaction of Knowledge and Reading ORANGE GRASS BLOOD GRAPE

13. 7/15/0213 Interaction of Knowledge and Reading GRAPE BLOOD GRASS ORANGE

14. 7/15/0214 Literacy learning—how? Deaf students who are 18-years old read at fourth to sixth grade reading levels write on a par with hearing students who are 9 to 10 years old Deaf students use different decoding strategies for reading use modeling and social interaction to learn writing

15. 7/15/0215 Literacy learning—when? Kitchen notes: We’re at…Don’t get into trouble. (Donald) Will see you tonight. (Larry) We’re going to Grandma’s house tonight. (Marie) Start dinner for your father. (Diane) Clean your room. (Marie) The dog has been fed. Or, Please feed Rosy. (Randall)

16. 7/15/0216 Literacy learning—when? Kitchen Notes: Instrumental Social Expressive