Dr. Lummer

Dr. Lummer is an American born Deaf product of Deaf parents (a German immigrant mother and an American born Jewish father), attended numerous mainstreamed programs and graduated from Illinois School for the Deaf.  He earned his degrees respectively at NTID/RIT, Gallaudet University, Lamar University, San Diego State University, and Northern Illinois University. Previously worked at the Colorado and Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind and taught Bilingual Bicultural Deaf Education courseworks at Mc Daniels College, Dr. Lummer is a coordinator of the Deaf Education Teacher Training program at Baylor University, Texas.

Asian and Hispanic Adult Immigrants’
 Language Experience: Exploration of ASL in
the United States.

An in-depth discussion regarding the comparison of these two research studies involving  the ASL as a tool as part of the language-learning process. This includes the interview results of these Deaf Hispanic and Asian immigrant adults while assimilating into American Deaf culture during their early days of living in the United States.  Several key factors are identified, recognized, and redefine the strategies in teaching the students to become efficient literacy users in both languages: ASL and English. Observing how these adults acquired ASL during their early days was of singular interest to the researchers, because Drs. Lummer and Plue had observed in their work that after this group learned ASL, their lives appeared to improve and rapidly change that appeared to pivot around their burgeoning language development skills.