Learning Japanese Sign Language as a Second Language: Form and Semantic Interference in Translation Recognition

Abstract South African Sign Language (SASL) has become an increasingly popular language that hearing university students want to learn as a second language. This requires more qualified SASL instructors and new curricula at South African universities. This paper considers ways in which challenges associated with the teaching and learning of SASL can be overcome. Krashen’s Comprehension Input Hypothesis and Swain’s Output Hypothesis form the theoretical framework as reference to our own independent experience, praxis, and reflection. This study considered different teaching methods and pedagogies and found the post-method approach suggested by Kumaravadivelu (2003) a viable method for teaching SASL as a second language. This method aligns with the method we had independently identified as the most empowering for teachers to create their own strategies focused on their intuition, experiences and pedagogy. Therefore, we do not favour one specific method above another, but rather adopt an integrated approach. We make a few suggestions regarding sign language curriculum content and further research in sign language as an L2, which need urgent attention.

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Production of prominence in Japanese sign language

10.21437/interspeech.2005-51 ◽

2005 ◽

Author(s):

Saori Tanaka ◽

Masafumi Nishida ◽

Yasuo Horiuchi ◽

Akira Ichikawa

Keyword(s):

Sign Language ◽

Japanese Sign Language

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Contrastive Linguistic Study of South and North Korean Sign Language and Japanese Sign Language at the Level of Phoneme and Lexis

Japanese Journal of Sign Language Studies ◽

10.7877/jasl.29.3_51 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 29 (3) ◽

pp. 51-65

Author(s):

Sangbae CHOI ◽

Eunji KO

Keyword(s):

Sign Language ◽

Linguistic Study ◽

Japanese Sign Language

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A Study of Acquisition Process of Japanese Sign Language in Preschool Deaf Children

Japanese Journal of Sign Language Studies ◽

10.7877/jasl.16.1 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 16 (0) ◽

pp. 1-11

Author(s):

Fumiko Aso ◽

Wataru Takei

Keyword(s):

Sign Language ◽

Deaf Children ◽

Acquisition Process ◽

Japanese Sign Language

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Language Form in Terms of Sign Language

International Journal of Humanities and Social Science ◽

10.30845/ijhss.v10n9p6 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (9) ◽

Author(s):

Teuta Ramadani Rasimi ◽

Buniamin Memedi ◽

Arita Agai

Keyword(s):

Sign Language ◽

Language Form

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Creating Sign Language Web Forms

10.32920/ryerson.14657487.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Norma-Jane E. Thompson

Keyword(s):

American Sign Language ◽

Sign Language ◽

Software Tool ◽

Spatial Language ◽

Web Pages ◽

Deaf People ◽

Language Form ◽

Video Clips ◽

Visual Spatial ◽

Online Forms

Currently, the World Wide Web allows web pages to be produced in most written languages. Many deaf people, however, use a visual-spatial language with no written equivalent (e.g. American Sign Language). SignLink Studio, a software tool for designing sign language web pages, allows for hyperlinking within video clips so that sign language only web pages can be created. However, this tool does not allow for other interactive elements such as online forms. In this thesis, a model for an online sign language form is proposed and evaluated. A study consisting of 22 participants was conducted to examine whether there were differences in performance of preferences between sign language forms and text forms, and between two presentation styles (all-at-once versus one-at-a-time). The results showed that there was no clear performance advantage between sign language and text; however, participants were interested in having online questions presented in sign language. Also, there were no advantages in performance or preferences between presentation styles.

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