TY  - BOOK
AU  - Haug, Tobias
AB  - Despite the current need for reliable and valid test instruments to monitor the sign language acquisition of Deaf children in different countries, very few  tests offering strong evidence for their psychometric properties are commercially available. A German Sign Language (DGS) test that focuses on linguistic structures acquired in preschool- and school-aged children (4-8 years old) is urgently needed. The present study uses as a template a test which has sound psychometric properties and has been standardized on another sign language as a starting point for tests of sign languages that are less documented, such as DGS.This book makes a novel contribution to the field by examining linguistic, cultural, methodological, and theoretical issues in the process of the adaptation from the source language test to the target language test, and by providing a model for future test adaptations. It also includes concrete steps for the test development and adaptation process.Adaptation and Evaluation of a German Sign Language Test addresses students and researchers alike who are involved in sign language test development and adaptation. It also provides a comprehensive summary in German.
DO  - 10.15460/HUP.111
ID  - OAPEN ID: 1002354
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1082958384
KW  - Deaf adults
KW  - deaf children
KW  - Deafness
KW  - German Sign Language
KW  - DGS
KW  - German Sign Language
KW  - Test
KW  - Language acquisition
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/8e0e9eb2-ca23-4f7f-a36c-7e9c9153a343/1002354.pdf
LA  - German
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/27651
PB  - Hamburg University Press
PP  - Hamburg
PY  - 2011
SN  - 9783937816791
TI  - Adaptation and Evaluation of a German Sign Language Testnull
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