The socialization of modality capital in sign language ecologies: A classroom example

• Published in: Frontiers in psychology Vol. 13; p. 934649
• Main Authors: Singleton, Jenny L., Crume, Peter K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A 28.10.2022
• Subjects: attention; deaf; gaze behavior; modality capital; Psychology; socialization; teacher-student interaction

Gaze behavior is an important component of children’s language, cognitive, and sociocultural development. This is especially true for young deaf children acquiring a signed language—if they are not looking at the language model, they are not getting linguistic input. Deaf caregivers engage their dea...