Swedish Sign Language as a Second Language: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Nilsson, Anna-LenaStockholms universitet,Avdelningen för teckenspråk (författare)

Swedish Sign Language as a Second Language : Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

This chapter provides historical perspective on the teaching and learning of Swedish Sign Language (SSL) as a second language (L2).We describe the development of teaching of SSL,and then discuss groups learning SSL as L2: interpreters, hearing parents of deaf children, hearing-impaired (HI) persons, and children with cochlear implants (CI). We provide early results from a pilot study regarding SSL use in the HI and CI group from a L2 perspective. The chapter shows how the context for SSL learning is changing: the number of deaf people acquiring SSL as L1 is decreasing, while the number of people learning SSL as L2 is increasing. We consider implications for the future of SSL and SSL teaching in a changing society.

Schönström, KristerStockholms universitet,Avdelningen för svenska som andraspråk för döva(Swepub:su)kristers (författare)
Stockholms universitetAvdelningen för teckenspråk (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:Teaching and Learning Signed LanguagesBasingstoke : Palgrave, s. 11-3497811373124959781137312488

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