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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Relationship of ASL Proficiency to the Written Literacy Skills of Children Who Are Deaf

Abstract

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The results of this study suggest that deaf children with ASL proficiency may need more time to develop measurable improvements in English proficiency but the long-term gain is evidence of richer language use in the writing samples of the 6th graders with High ASL proficiency. This finding suggests that greater ASL proficiency contributes positively to deaf children's development of written English.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Education
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Litchfield, Sharon K.
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Jenny L. Singleton

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI3044161
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/79671

Chain of custody

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University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Base URL
www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh
Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Litchfield, Sharon K.. The Relationship of ASL Proficiency to the Written Literacy Skills of Children Who Are Deaf. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/79671