A Preliminary Look into the Efficacy of Bilingual ASL-English EBooks
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2015
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Swarthmore College. Dept. of Linguistics
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Abstract
In the fall of 2014, a class was joint taught on the campuses of
Swarthmore College and Gallaudet University, by professors Donna Jo Napoli
and Gene Mirus. The class was a collaborative project among students of both
schools to make eBooks for deaf and hard of hearing children to read with their
families. This study is a pilot to examine the efficacy of these eBooks, by
examining their use by select families with deaf or hard of hearing children.
Families engaged in shared reading of the eBooks while being video recorded,
participating in two video sessions over a two-week period. Their interactions
during the shared reading sessions were analyzed for further information for a
future study, as well as to gather feedback on the eBooks to make improvements
in future books created.