Language First Learning Library

Course description: This presentation will begin by introducing the Bilingual Grammar Curriculum (BGC), explaining its purpose and how it serves Deaf and hard of hearing students. It will provide an overview of the curriculum's structure and how ASL instruction is implemented within a bilingual educational framework. It will describe the key components of effective ASL teaching, including instructional goals and the role of visual learning. Participants will gain insight into what ASL instruction looks like in practice, how it supports metalinguistic development and how it is integrated with English literacy instruction, as well as offering practical examples that speech-language pathologists and educators can apply in their work with Deaf children. The presentation will end with the current and on-going research that focuses on collecting data related to metalinguistic knowledge in Deaf children.

Agenda:

15 minutes: Introduction to Bilingual Grammar Curriculum (BGC)

20 minutes: ASL instruction

20 minutes: How to 'transfer' from ASL to written English

5 minutes: Introduction to the current research and how it applies to BGC

10 minutes: Significance

10 minutes: Literature review and research question

5 minutes: Methods (participants, schools, demographics)

5 minutes: Result/ongoing research

Learner outcomes:

Participants will be able to:

1. Define effective ASL instruction and facilitate language transfer
2. Utilize research insights on metalinguistic knowledge
3. Enhance educational practices based on research findings