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    A study of some of the factors which influence the second language learning of Auslan by adults
    Jeavons, Mary Anne ( 1999)
    At present Australian Sign Language (Auslan) is taught as a LOTE (Language Other Than English) to mainly adult populations in TAFE institutions across Australia and its popularity is growing steadily. Many of these second language learners are looking to a career in the Deaf Community and allied organisations or in the education of deaf children where in a growing number of programs a high level of Auslan competence and an in-depth knowledge of the Deaf Community and its culture are essential requirements. Sign language research is still very new and is mainly concerned with such areas as linguistics and the structure of Auslan, Deaf identity, comparisons between spoken and signed languages and the role of Auslan in the education of deaf children. There is much pioneering work to be done in these areas working from the Deaf perspective. However, little research has been carried out in the area of adult learning of Auslan as a second language from either a teaching or learning point of view. This is becoming more necessary as the number of adult AusIan learners increases. This work describes a study that was carried out in 1998 in a TAFE college in Perth, Western Australia. It is one of the first studies to address some of the issues concerning the adult second language learning of Auslan. Working from the vast body of second language research in spoken languages, certain psychological, sociological and individual personal variables that influence the adult second language learner of spoken languages have been applied to Auslan learning. The effects of these variables on the adult second language learner of Auslan from both a teaching and a learning point of view are the subject of this study.