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http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/42991 - Learning English from
signed English: an impossible task? - The University of
Newcastle. Faculty of Education & Arts, School of Education - A
sample of elementary school- and high school-age deaf students
in special education programs in the Australian state of
Queensland using Australasian Signed English (ASE) took the Test
of Syntactic Abilities (Quigley, Steinkamp, Power, & Jones,
1978) and wrote a story in response to a wordless picture
sequence. Several analyses of the students' test scores and of
the written language of their stories were undertaken. It was
found that classroom use of ASE was of benefit to these students
in developing English and telling a story in writing, but that
there were complex aspects of syntax that required special
teaching. The implications for the use of Signed English systems
and the teaching of English to deaf students who use Signed
English communication are examined. - American