User:Rebscar/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Home sign


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is very brief. It lacks images and only has two sections of information. The reference list on this article should be updated, because all of the references listed are from over ten years ago. The article also includes links to nonexistent Wikipedia pages. There is definitely a lot of work to be done when it comes to references and links in this article.
 * This article discusses home sign in relation to other sign languages, and research done about home sign. I think the article would definitely benefit from some more information about home sign, and a description of home sign, instead of just discussing how it has impacted other sign languages.
 * The home sign article could definitely use some work. It is very short and lacks information and images. It could benefit from more information and up-to-date references and links.


 * Sources
 * Coppola, M., & Newport, E. L. (2005). Grammatical Subjects in home sign: Abstract linguistic structure in adult primary gesture systems without linguistic input. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 102(52), 19249-19253.
 * Torigoe, T., & Takei, W. (2002). A Descriptive Analysis of Pointing and Oral Movements in a Home Sign System. Sign Language Studies, 2(3), 281-295.
 * Coppola, M., & Newport, E. L. (2002). The Emergence of Grammatical Categories in Home Sign: Evidence from Family-based Gesture Systems in Nicaragua, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.
 * Walker, J. (2012). Home signs. Signed language. http://www.signedlanguage.co.uk/HomeSigns.html

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Prelingual deafness


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article focuses on Deafness from a medical perspective, rather than a cultural perspective, and hardly mentions Deaf culture. There are also no images in this article, and there is a lot of room for improvement.
 * The Lead is a relatively short section, and does not mention or describe any of the major sections of the article. It mentions some terms that are present in the first major section of the article, but doesn't mention any of the other topics discussed in this article.
 * This article barely mentions Deaf culture, and focuses on the negative social impact of prelingual Deafness. This article would benefit from a section that discusses Deaf culture and the social benefits of being a part of the Deaf community.  Although all of the content in this article can be related back to prelingual Deafness, I believe that the subject of sociocultural factors may not be necessary. This section discusses the impact of socioeconomic status on the education of Deaf individuals. However, these socioeconomic factors are universal, regardless of hearing status. Therefore, it may not be completely relevant to this specific topic.


 * Sources
 * Miller, P. (2013). Similarities and differences in the processing of written text by skilled and less skilled readers with prelingual Deafness. The Journal of Special Education, 46(4), 233-244.
 * O’Reilly, K., Peterson, C., & Wellman, H. (2014). Sarcasm and advanced theory of mind understanding in children and adults with prelingual Deafness. Developmental Psychology, 50(7), 1862-1877.
 * Campbell, R., Macsweeney, M., & Woll, B. (2014). Cochlear implantation (CI) for prelingual deafness: The relevance of studies of brain organization and the role of first language acquisition in considering outcome success. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8, 834.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Child of Deaf adult


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article relating to children of Deaf adults could use some improvement. There should be a little more information and some photos added to this article. This article has one picture, and could use some more.
 * Another improvement that could be made to this article is the inclusion of a culture section of information. This article doesn't address how CODAs fit into Deaf culture.
 * Most of the sources in this article are from over 10 years ago. The most recent article is from 2012. I think that this article could definitely use some updated sources.


 * Sources
 * Iwona Jagoszewska. (2017). Relationships in the Coda (Child of deaf adult) family [Relacje w rodzinie CODA]. Wychowanie W Rodzinie, XI(1/2015), 319-333.
 * Sorensen, D. (2019). Between two worlds : My life as a child of deaf adults. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.