Mitchiner Julie Cantrell
Gallaudet University
J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ. 2015 Jan;20(1):51-66. doi: 10.1093/deafed/enu028. Epub 2014 Sep 18.
This study investigated 17 Deaf (1) families in North America with cochlear-implanted children about their attitudes, beliefs, and practices on bimodal bilingualism (defined as using both a visual/manual language and an aural/oral language) in American Sign Language (ASL) and English. A survey and follow-up interviews with 8 families were conducted. The majority of the Deaf families exhibited positive beliefs toward bimodal bilingualism, where they set high expectations for their children to become equally fluent in both languages. However, their perspectives about the purpose for each language differed; they viewed English as a "survival language" and ASL as a "cultural language" but supported the use of both languages at home as part of their children's lives.
本研究调查了北美17个有儿童接受人工耳蜗植入的聋人家庭，了解他们对美国手语（ASL）和英语中的双模式双语（定义为同时使用视觉/手势语言和听觉/口语语言）的态度、信念和做法。对其中8个家庭进行了调查和后续访谈。大多数聋人家庭对双模式双语持积极信念，他们对孩子在两种语言上都能同样流利寄予厚望。然而，他们对每种语言用途的看法有所不同；他们将英语视为“生存语言”，将美国手语视为“文化语言”，但支持在家中同时使用这两种语言，作为孩子生活的一部分。
