Written products and writing processes in Swedish deaf and hard of hearing children: an explorative study on the impact of linguistic background.

ABSTRACT: The small body of research on writing and writing processes in the group of deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children has shown that this group struggles more with writing than their hearing peers. This article aims to explore in what ways the DHH group differs from their peers regarding the written product and the writing processes. Participants are all in the age span 10-12 years old and include: (a) 12 DHH children with knowledge of Swedish sign language (Svenskt teckenspråk, STS) as well as spoken Swedish, (b) 10 age-matched hearing children of deaf adults (CODA) who know STS, (c) 14 age-matched hearing peers with no STS knowledge. More specifically we investigate how text length and lexical properties relate to writing processes such as planning (measured through pauses) and revision, a

SUBMITTER: Gardenfors M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10203585 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature