Read write easy. Volume 1, Research, practice and innovation in deaf multiliteracies / edited by Ulrike Zeshan, Jenny Webster.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zeshan, Ulrike, editor.

Webster, Jenny, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Americanisms--Dictionaries.

Americanisms.

English language--United States--Dictionaries.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 pages)

Other Title:

READ WRITE EASY

Place of Publication:

Lancaster : Ishara Press, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"This book is the first of two volumes on deaf multiliteracies based on research with deaf children and adults in India, Uganda and Ghana. Multiliteracies include not only reading and writing but also skills in sign language, drawing, acting, digitally mediated communication, and other modes. The book covers a variety of themes including the assessment of learners' progress, pedagogical issues as seen from teachers' perspectives, and issues related to curricula. Authors discuss, for instance, the use of multimedia portfolios for tracking the learning of deaf primary school children, the training needs of deaf teachers, and a collaborative approach to curriculum development. The book is of interest to both researchers and practitioners. In addition to four research chapters, it features four 'innovation sketches'. These are reports of innovative practices that have arisen in the context of the research, and they are particularly relevant for practitioners with an interest in methodologies."

Contents:

Preface

1. Introduction: From literacy to multiliteracies with deaf learners, Jenny Webster and Ulrike Zeshan

PART 1

2. Assessing deaf students' development of English literacy in a peer-to-peer learning programme, Daniel Waller, Christian Jones and Jenny Webster

3. Tracking learning with primary school children in a deaf school in India, Nirav Pal, Jenny Webster and Ulrike Zeshan

4. Deaf peer tutors' decision-making when teaching multiliteracies to deaf learners in India, Uganda and Ghana, Jenny Webster and Eilidh Rose McEwan

5. Identifying and meeting the training needs of deaf sign language users as professionals in deaf education contexts, Rebecca Olivia Nankinga

PART 2

6. The reverse curriculum: Game-led design for accessible learning, Ulrike Zeshan

7. Qualitative data from learner portfolios, Nirav Pal

8. Collaborative curriculum development, Ulrike Zeshan

9. The storymakers mini-project: Encouraging children's multimodal writing.

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