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The Sign Language Curriculum

  • Herausgegeben von: Maria Mertzani und Felipe Venancio Barbosa
Sprache: Englisch
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 2026
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Very few countries have an official sign language curriculum for the teaching and learning of signed languages as first/maternal (L1) and/or second (L2) languages. The book discusses its status and visibility of public education policies, consolidating signed languages as a curricular component with specific and progressive objectives that deaf children (primarily) need to acquire and develop in the same fashion that hearing children learn spoken languages as their L1/L2. Existing official sign language curricula are presented, considering broader international contexts of multilingual and multicultural education, covering all grades and levels: primary, secondary and tertiary.

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Dr. Maria Mertzani is a FAPERGS Researcher, coordinating the project Libras First (financed by FAPERGS) in the Language Department of the University of Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Her work is in the field of Applied Sign Linguistics, with a current focus on the study of sign languages as first languages at schools. Her latest publications refer to the study of the Sign Language Curriculum and Sign Language Literacy.

Dr. Felipe Venâncio Barbosa is a Professor at the Linguistics Department of São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil. His research refers to the description and atypical production of sign languages. Since 2018, he has been investigating the construction of the Sign Language Curriculum, with a special focus on sign language metalinguistic knowledge at school.

Informationen zur Veröffentlichung
Seiten und Bilder/Illustrationen im Buch
eBook geplante Veröffentlichung:
15. Dezember 2025
eBook ISBN:
9783111421001
Gebunden geplante Veröffentlichung:
15. Dezember 2025
Gebunden ISBN:
9783111397429
Seiten und Bilder/Illustrationen im Buch
Inhalt:
350
Abbildungen:
50
Tabellen:
30
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