Penner K A, Williams W N
Percept Mot Skills. 1982 Oct;55(2):395-401. doi: 10.2466/pms.1982.55.2.395.
Sign language as an alternative or as an augmentive system to verbal language training in the mentally retarded is in widespread use. This study began an exploration of the relationship between sign and verbal learning in 10 institutionalized severely mentally retarded adults. Three experimental groups were taught color labels. Three persons received sign training only, 4 more received verbal training only, and last 3 received combined verbal and sign training. Sign labels tended to be learned more efficiently than verbal labels by this small group. Combined sign and verbal training improved verbal learning whereas sign learning was not improved through the combined approach. Replication and extension of this preliminary work with a larger and more representative sample is needed.
手语作为智障者言语语言训练的替代或辅助系统已被广泛使用。本研究对10名机构收容的重度智障成年人的手语和言语学习之间的关系展开了探索。三个实验组接受了颜色标签教学。三人仅接受手语训练，另外四人仅接受言语训练，最后三人接受言语和手语结合训练。在这个小群体中，手语标签往往比言语标签学得更高效。手语和言语结合训练提高了言语学习能力，而通过这种结合方法，手语学习并未得到改善。需要用更大且更具代表性的样本对这项初步工作进行重复和扩展。
