Contents

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List of contributors

IntroductionPedagogy in sign language as first, second, and additional language

Russell S. Rosen

PART I
Standards

1Standards in sign language pedagogy

Russell S. Rosen

PART II
L1 sign language pedagogy

2L1 sign language teacher preparation, qualifications, and development

Katharina Urbann, Thomas Kaul, Leonid Klinner, Alejandro Oviedo, and Reiner Griebel

3L1 sign language teaching approaches and strategies

Carolina Plaza-Pust

4Using L1 sign language to teach reading

Laurene E. Simms and Jean F. Andrews

5Using L1 sign language to teach writing

Krister Schönström and Ingela Holmström

6Using L1 sign language to teach mathematics

Christopher Kurz and Claudia M. Pagliaro

7Teaching sign language literature in L1 classrooms

Russell S. Rosen

8L1 sign language tests and assessment procedures

Tobias Haug, Wolfgang Mann, Joanna Hoskin, and Hilary Dumbrill

9The politics of L1 sign language pedagogy

Ronice Müller de Quadros and Robert Hoffmeister

PART III
L2/Ln sign language pedagogy

10L2/Ln sign language teacher preparation, qualifications, and development

Russell S. Rosen and James Woodward

11Course design for L2/Ln sign language pedagogy

Alejandro Oviedo, Reiner Griebel, Thomas Kaul, Leonid Klinner, and Katharina Urbann

12L2/Ln sign language teaching approaches and strategies

Elidea L.A. Bernardino, Maria C. da C. Pereira, and Rosana Passos

13Teaching L2/Ln sign language fingerspelling

Leah C. Geer

14Teaching L2/Ln sign language vocabulary

Rachel E. Traxler and Kimi Nakatsukasa

15Teaching L2/Ln sign language grammar

Russell S. Rosen

16Teaching sign language literature in L2/Ln classrooms

Rachel Sutton-Spence

17L2/Ln sign language tests and assessment procedures

David H. Smith, Jeffrey E. Davis, and Dan Hoffman

18The politics of L2/Ln sign language pedagogy

Timothy Reagan

Part IV
Learner characteristics

19Typical and atypical sign language learners

Jenny L. Singleton, David Quinto-Pozos, and David Martinez

20L2/Ln parent sign language education

Kristin Snoddon

21Using sign language to teach sign language interpreters

Melanie Metzger, Keith M. Cagle, and Danielle I.J. Hunt

PART V
Special issues

22The uses of technology in L1 and L2/Ln sign language pedagogy

Hatice Kose and Pinar Uluer

23The uses of corpora in L1 and L2/Ln sign language pedagogy

Lorraine Leeson, Jordan Fenlon, Johanna Mesch, Carmel Grehan, and Sarah Sheridan

Index