The Role of Ses and Asl for Literacy Success in Asl-english Bilinguals
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Research on spoken language bilinguals has shown that there is a significant relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and literacy outcomes. The mechanism of SES as a predictor of literacy success has two competing explanations. One assumes a direct impact of SES on literacy through expanded opportunities to read and better maternal mediation of literacy activities; the other assumes an indirect relationship because SES has been shown to influence first language (L1) and second language (L2) spoken language proficiency which impacts literacy development. American Sign Language-English deaf bilingual children exhibit a unique profile because L2 literacy is achieved without prior development of spoken L2 proficiency. This provides an opportunity to evaluate the role of SES without the confound of spoken language proficiency influencing literacy development. To date, no studies have investigated the effects of SES on L2 literacy in ASL-English bilinguals. This study aims to determine whether SES and L1 language proficiency account for
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