Abstract

     For many high school/college age students whose primary language is ASL, developing proficiency in reading and writing English is a second language acquisition experience. This presentation describes English language software which has been used for more than ten years by deaf students at California community colleges. Since 1992, the programs have been distributed to institutions across the U.S. and in Canada.

     The software featured contains three individual programs. The first provides training for over 2200 vocabulary words. The second deals with multiple meaning English words. The third program provides proofreading exercises to help deaf students address common writing problems.

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