Assessing vocabulary development of Japanese Sign Language in deaf children

• Project/Area Number: 22730715
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Special needs education
• Research Institution: Kanazawa University
• Principal Investigator: TAKEI Wataru 金沢大学, 学校教育系, 准教授 (70322112)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: 手話 / 語彙 / 評価 / 聴覚障害児 / 図像性 / 難易度 / 聴覚障害 / 写像性 / ろう学校 / 言語獲得

Research Abstract

This research consists of three sub-researches
1) the survey researches of sign language vocabulary tests from home and abroad
2) the evaluation of difficulty levels and iconicity about Japanese sign language vocabulary
3) the methodological study of the evaluation of sign language and the trial production of the evaluation method for sign language vocabulary
and is aimed at acquiring the basic data for developing the evaluation method of Japanese sign language vocabulary. As the result of this research, the difficulty levels and iconicity of 300 words of sign language were quantified and 40 of them were used to produce experimentally 4 types of test that can evaluate sign language vocabulary.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 言語を作り出す力-ホームサイン研究・手話研究を通じて見えてくるもの- (2012)
  • Author(s): 武居 渡
  • Journal Title: ENERGEIA Volume: 37 Pages: 1-15
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 言語を作り出す力－ホームサイン研究・手話研究を通じて見えてくるもの－ (2012)
  • Author(s): 武居 渡
  • Journal Title: ENERGEIA Volume: 37 Pages: 1-15
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 4.手話から見た聞こえない子どもたちの言語力 (2012)
  • Author(s): 武居渡
  • Journal Title: テクノエイド協会(編),感覚器障害戦略研究聴覚障害児の療育等により言語能力等の発達を確保する手法の研究 聴覚障害児の日本語言語発達のために-ALADJINのすすめ- Pages: 144-151
• [Journal Article] 聴覚障害教育からみる特別支援教育の批判的検討 (2011)
  • Author(s): 武居 渡・土田昌作
  • Journal Title: コミュニケーション障害学 Volume: 28(2) Pages: 85-92
  • NAID: 10029509897
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 聴覚障害児の手話語彙評価法の開発-刺激語彙の選択と図像性の評価- (2013)
  • Author(s): 武居 渡
  • Organizer: 第24回日本発達心理学会
  • Place of Presentation: 明治学院大学(東京都)
  • Year and Date: 2013-03-16
• [Presentation] 聴覚障害児の手話語彙評価法の開発－刺激語彙の選択と図像性の評価－ (2013)
  • Author(s): 武居 渡
  • Organizer: 発達心理学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京, 明治学院大学
• [Presentation] Future of Deaf Education (2012)
  • Author(s): TAKEI, Wataru
  • Organizer: The 11th Asia Pacific Congress on Deafness 2012
  • Place of Presentation: Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel Singapore, Singapore
  • Year and Date: 2012-07-28
• [Presentation] Development of teaching materials to facilitate independence (2012)
  • Author(s): TAKEI, Wataru
  • Organizer: The 11th Asia Pacific Congress on Deafness 2012
  • Place of Presentation: Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel Singapore, Singapore
  • Year and Date: 2012-07-28
• [Presentation] 手話使用状況からみた聴覚障害児の言語力-感覚器障害戦略研究で得られたデータの分析- (2012)
  • Author(s): 武居 渡
  • Organizer: 日本発達心理学会第23回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋国際会議場(愛知県)
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-10
• [Presentation] Development of teaching materials to facilitate independence. (2012)
  • Author(s): Wataru TAKEI
  • Organizer: The 11th Asia Pacific Congress on Deafness 2012
  • Place of Presentation: Singapore, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel Singapore
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Future of Deaf Education (2012)
  • Author(s): Wataru TAKEI
  • Organizer: The 11th Asia Pacific Congress on Deafness 2012
  • Place of Presentation: Singapore, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel Singapore
  • Invited
• [Presentation] ろう児の手話語彙力を評価する(1)-アメリカ手話版CDIの語彙チェックリストを参考にした語彙表作り- (2011)
  • Author(s): 武居 渡
  • Organizer: 日本特殊教育学会第49回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 弘前大学(青森県)
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-23
• [Presentation] 日本手話文法理解テストの作成(2)-日本手話文法理解テスト改訂版の完成とその妥当性の検討- (2010)
  • Author(s): 武居 渡
  • Organizer: 日本特殊教育学会第48回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 長崎大学(長崎県)
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-19
• [Presentation] 日本手話文法理解テストの作成(2)-日本手話文法理解テスト改訂版の完成とその妥当性の検討- (2010)
  • Author(s): 武居渡
  • Organizer: 日本特殊教育学会
  • Place of Presentation: 長崎大学(長崎県)
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-19