TY - JOUR
T1 - Taiwanese Sign Language and Chinese reading comprehension
T2 - Exploring relationships
AU - Liu, Hsiu Tan
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST 104-2410-H-040 -003 -MY3). Ethics approval was granted by Chung Shan Medical University Hospital Institutional Review Board [CSMUH No: CS2-15089]. We thank participating students, parents and teachers. Thanks also to Dr. Jean F. Andrews for the review of drafts and to Chia Hseng Ma for TSL expertise and testing assistance.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This study explores relationships between Taiwanese Sign Language (TSL) and Chinese reading comprehension with 65 deaf adults/youth (study 1: ages 14–50 years) and 27 deaf children (study 2: ages 6–13 years). Significant relationships were found between scores on two tests measuring TSL tasks. In study #1, the TSL tasks (measured by Taiwan Sign Language Comprehension Test, TSLCT) on story and syntax comprehension predicted more of the variance than vocabulary on Chinese reading comprehension. In study #2, TSL tasks measuring vocabulary (using Taiwanese Sign Language Receptive Skills Test, TSL-RST) predicted more of the variance than syntax and story comprehension on Chinese reading comprehension but were not significant. Results are interpreted utilising Cummins’ Linguistic Interdependence Theory and Threshold Hypothesis. Limitations, future research and educational implications are provided.
AB - This study explores relationships between Taiwanese Sign Language (TSL) and Chinese reading comprehension with 65 deaf adults/youth (study 1: ages 14–50 years) and 27 deaf children (study 2: ages 6–13 years). Significant relationships were found between scores on two tests measuring TSL tasks. In study #1, the TSL tasks (measured by Taiwan Sign Language Comprehension Test, TSLCT) on story and syntax comprehension predicted more of the variance than vocabulary on Chinese reading comprehension. In study #2, TSL tasks measuring vocabulary (using Taiwanese Sign Language Receptive Skills Test, TSL-RST) predicted more of the variance than syntax and story comprehension on Chinese reading comprehension but were not significant. Results are interpreted utilising Cummins’ Linguistic Interdependence Theory and Threshold Hypothesis. Limitations, future research and educational implications are provided.
KW - Deaf
KW - Taiwanese Sign Language
KW - language
KW - reading comprehension
KW - vocabulary
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U2 - 10.1080/14643154.2022.2077896
DO - 10.1080/14643154.2022.2077896
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85131153229
SN - 1464-3154
VL - 24
SP - 203
EP - 223
JO - Deafness and Education International
JF - Deafness and Education International
IS - 3
ER -