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Exploring Language and Literacy Outcomes in Deaf Children and Adults

探索聋哑儿童和成人的语言和读写能力成果

基本信息

批准号：
ES/T009152/1
负责人：
Katherine Rowley
金额：
$ 11.54万
依托单位：
University College London
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Fellowship
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2019 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FT009152%2F1
关键词：
Exploring Language Literacy Outcomes Deaf

项目摘要

My long-term aim is to develop a better understanding of language and literacy development in the deaf population, which includes the development of new language measures to closely monitor and track language skills in this population. As part of this fellowship, I would be able to focus on writing up several publications, develop my networks (with practitioners, researchers and user groups) and write a grant proposal, all of which will help consolidate my academic career. More importantly, my work will have a positive impact on a population that struggles with poor language and literacy, which has negative effects on social, cognitive and academic development.Hearing people typically acquire a spoken language naturally and without effort. Good oral language skills are a firm foundation upon which to later develop good literacy skills. In addition, phonological awareness, i.e. understanding the sound units in the words we hear and how these sounds correspond with the written word, is a good predictor of later reading outcomes in hearing children. Numerous studies have demonstrated a strong correlation between these two skills - phonological awareness and oral language skills - and literacy in hearing children. It is, however, less clear what the relationship is between those skills and literacy development in the deaf population.Research into word recognition have shown that hearing adults make use of speech-based information (spoken words) to extract meaning from the written word and this is known as phonological processing. My PhD work focused on phonological processing in deaf adults and has shed new light into the role of phonology in word recognition and reading. One aim of my fellowship is to communicate my research findings, as described above, to the broader academic community by publishing the results in high impact journals. A second aim is to ensure that my research findings are successfully communicated to practitioners working with deaf children and adults and members of the public (e.g. parents), so that they are better informed as to how to foster literacy development in deaf children and adults. My PhD work focused on deaf adults and has contributed to a better understanding of the role of phonology in this group. However, we still do not know if this population were exposed to phonological practices in early intervention, when they started learning to read. This is why I wish to extend my research through this fellowship so I can understand more about the role of phonology, amongst other variables, in deaf children's reading acquisition. This has the potential to lead to better language and literacy outcomes amongst deaf individuals.During the fellowship I will further develop my skills as a researcher by visiting a world leading institution that carries out research into language and literacy development in the deaf population. As a deaf academic this will be especially useful to help me develop my network of potential future collaborators, which can be more challenging for deaf academics.

我的长期目标是更好地了解聋人的语言和识字发展，其中包括制定新的语言措施，以密切监测和跟踪这一人群的语言技能。作为该奖学金的一部分，我将能够专注于撰写几篇出版物，发展我的网络（与从业者，研究人员和用户团体）并撰写拨款申请，所有这些都将有助于巩固我的学术生涯。更重要的是，我的工作将对语言和识字能力差的人群产生积极的影响，这对社会，认知和学术发展产生了负面影响。听力正常的人通常会自然地获得口语，不需要努力。良好的口语能力是日后发展良好读写能力的坚实基础。此外，语音意识，即理解我们听到的单词中的声音单位以及这些声音如何与书面单词相对应，是听力儿童后期阅读结果的良好预测因素。许多研究表明，这两种技能-语音意识和口头语言技能-与听力儿童的识字能力之间有很强的相关性。然而，这些技能与聋人识字能力之间的关系尚不清楚，对单词识别的研究表明，听力正常的成年人利用基于语音的信息（口语）从书面单词中提取意义，这被称为语音处理。我的博士工作主要集中在聋人的语音处理，并揭示了语音在单词识别和阅读中的作用。我的奖学金的一个目的是通过在高影响力的期刊上发表结果，向更广泛的学术界传达我的研究成果，如上所述。第二个目标是确保我的研究成果成功地传达给从事聋哑儿童和成年人工作的从业人员以及公众（例如父母），以便他们更好地了解如何促进聋哑儿童和成年人的识字发展。我的博士工作主要集中在聋人，并有助于更好地理解语音学在这一群体中的作用。然而，我们仍然不知道这些人群在开始学习阅读时是否在早期干预中接触过语音实践。这就是为什么我希望通过这个奖学金来扩展我的研究，这样我就可以更多地了解语音学在聋儿阅读习得中的作用。这有可能导致更好的语言和识字的结果之间的聋人。在奖学金期间，我将进一步发展我的技能作为一个研究员，通过访问一个世界领先的机构，进行研究，以语言和识字的发展在聋人人口。作为一名聋人学者，这将特别有助于我发展未来潜在合作者的网络，这对聋人学者来说更具挑战性。