The aim of the present study is to assess the narrative competencies of two groups of deaf children aged 6 to 14 years, attending two schools with radically different models of language education. One school embodies a clearly defined and strong pattern of bilingual education: Italian and Italian Sign Language (LIS) are taught to both hearing and deaf pupils, with more specialized classes of LIS for the deaf; the other school follows an ordinary Italian curriculum for hearing and deaf pupils,Results show that the deaf children attending the bilingual school produce significantly richer narratives than their mates attending the ordinary school, and their productions contain a higher number of complex iconic structures, as defined by Cuxac (2000),
Competenze narrative di bambini sordi segnanti: un confronto in funzione del tipo di educazione linguistica / TOMASUOLO E, E.; DI RENZO, A.; Pinto, Maria Antonietta. - In: RIVISTA DI PSICOLINGUISTICA APPLICATA. - ISSN 1592-1328. - STAMPA. - VIII:1-2(2008), pp. 91-115.
Competenze narrative di bambini sordi segnanti: un confronto in funzione del tipo di educazione linguistica
A. DI RENZO;PINTO, Maria Antonietta
2008
Abstract
The aim of the present study is to assess the narrative competencies of two groups of deaf children aged 6 to 14 years, attending two schools with radically different models of language education. One school embodies a clearly defined and strong pattern of bilingual education: Italian and Italian Sign Language (LIS) are taught to both hearing and deaf pupils, with more specialized classes of LIS for the deaf; the other school follows an ordinary Italian curriculum for hearing and deaf pupils,Results show that the deaf children attending the bilingual school produce significantly richer narratives than their mates attending the ordinary school, and their productions contain a higher number of complex iconic structures, as defined by Cuxac (2000),I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
