Fingerspelling: New ideas for teaching ASL speakers.

The article reports on the results of the research of T. S. Haptonstall-Nykaza and B. Schick on the efficacy of fingerspelling in improving literacy of deaf children in Great Britain. They studied 21 deaf students who received both in American Sign Language (ASL) and written English, they found that children recognized spelling of words better through fingerspelling. They concluded that fingerspelling a better option for deaf children who begins to write and read in English.