Assessing Libras sign comprehension by deaf children in elementary school

Authors

  • Fernando C. Capovilla
  • Alessandra G. S. Capovilla
  • Keila Q. Viggiano
  • Márcia C. P. R. Bidá

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v8i2.3252

Keywords:

language, vocabulary, Libras

Abstract

The Brazilian school system is in need of assessment tools to evaluate language development of its deaf students . Libras Receptive Sign Vocabulary Test (LRSVT) assesses sign comprehension in Brazilian Sign Language. It was applied collectively with live signing in a population 505 students aged 6 to 41 years in 1st to 9th grades. Most of the signers were with profound prelingual or perilingual deafness, enrolled in six Sao Paulo State schools, four special public and two private schools . LRSVT was standardized from the 1st to the 8th grades and validated by comparison with ten standardized tests for assessing comprehension for word and sentence reading, picture and sign naming through matching-to-sample and spelling. Results revealed a significant increase in receptive sign vocabulary from the 1st to the 8th grade. Correlation with sign naming by matching-to-sample and spelling was greater than those with picture naming by matching-to-sample and spelling, word and sentence reading comprehension. Item analysis permitted obtaining a reordered version with increasing difficulty level, and a short version for faster assessment.

Keywords: language; vocabulary; Libras.

 

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Capovilla, F. C., Capovilla, A. G. S., Viggiano, K. Q., & Bidá, M. C. P. R. (2004). Assessing Libras sign comprehension by deaf children in elementary school. Interação Em Psicologia, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v8i2.3252

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2004)

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