Mayer P, Lowenbraun S
Department of Special Education, University of Washington, Seattle.
Am Ann Deaf. 1990 Jul;135(3):257-63. doi: 10.1353/aad.2012.0498.
This study examined the degree to which teachers' signed Manually Coded English messages represented their spoken utterances. Results indicate that educators in early elementary programs can, and do, provide a complete manual representation of their spoken English messages. This is in contrast with earlier research with middle school educators and parents of hearing-impaired children. Findings indicate that MCE proficiency may be influenced both by teacher attitude regarding the importance of signing a complete message and the degree to which program supervisors monitor teacher implementation of clearly specified MCE policies. Findings from this study have implications for programs to train teachers in using MCE and also provide information on the effects of program policy on teacher use of sign language.
本研究考察了教师的手动编码英语手语信息在多大程度上代表了他们的口语表达。结果表明，小学低年级项目中的教育工作者能够且确实对手语口语信息进行了完整的手动呈现。这与早期针对中学教育工作者和听力受损儿童家长的研究形成了对比。研究结果表明，手动编码英语手语的熟练程度可能受到教师对完整手语信息重要性的态度以及项目主管对明确规定的手动编码英语手语政策的教师实施情况的监督程度的影响。本研究的结果对培训教师使用手动编码英语手语的项目具有启示意义，同时也提供了有关项目政策对教师手语使用影响的信息。
