Stories with handshapes that follow the order of letters in the finger spelled alphabet
- What are number stories?
A story following number signs in numerical order, usually 1-10.
- What is percussion signing?
Arranging signs to certain beats (one, two...one,two/one,two,three). Percussion signing is used to create a sense of unity in the crowd. Mostly used for fight songs and cheers.
- Can a sign poem “rhyme”? How?
Yes. Repetition of handshape, same movement, facial expression, and location.
- Do profoundly deaf people have a concept of sound? Yes
- What percentage of deaf high school graduates read at a 4th grade level?
More than half read at 4th grade level ~ 60%
Only 10% read past an 8th grade level
- What is some evidence supporting phonological processing by deaf readers?
Deaf readers do have phonological processing.
We know this because they can read nonsense words. (phonologically similar test= harder to remember words that are not phonologically related)
- What is some evidence that deaf people do not use phonology to read?
Eye-tracking evidence. If it is orthologically related, they do well. If it has to do with phonology, they do not do well.
- What are some non-phonological strategies that deaf people might use to read?
orthographic code: words decoded by visual patterns
whole word reading with support from sentence constructs
sign based codes/ fingerspelling of a sign language
cued speech and reading : visually represents phonology