Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Mann
Arbeitsschwerpunkte:
… in der Lehre:
⋅ Forschungskolloquium
⋅ Spezifische Aufgabenfelder
⋅ DGS Linguistik
⋅ Assessment und Diagnostik der DGS
… in der Forschung:
⋅ Sprachentwicklung bei hörbehinderten Kindern
⋅ Inklusive Bildung und Erziehung hörgeschädigter Kinder und Jugendlicher
⋅ Entwicklung von Gebärdensprachtests -
⋅ Dynamic Assessment mit hörbehinderten Kindern
⋅ Digital Literacy
Veröffentlichungen:
JOURNALS
Mann, W., Haug, T., Hoskin, J, & Dumbrill, H. (2024). Dynamisches Testen zur Förderung der Sprach- und Kommunikationsfähigkeit tauber, gebärdender Kinder. In Frühförderung Interdisziplinär.
Haug, T., Becker, C., Hänel-Faulhaber, B., Hennies, J., Kolbe, V., Mann, W. & Wienholz, A. (2023). Sprachentwicklung von Kindern in Deutscher Gebärdensprache
Haug, T., Mann, W., & Holzknecht, F. (2023). The Use of Technology in Sign Language Testing: Results of a Pre-Pandemic Survey. Sign Language Studies, 23(2), 243-281.
Haug, T., Mann, W., & Holzknecht, F. (2023). The use of new technologies in sign language assessment: results of a pre-pandemic survey. Sign Language Studies.
Mann, W., O’Neill, R., Watkins, F., & Thompson, R. L. (2023). Reading online in deaf and hearing young people: Do differences exist? Deafness & Education International, 1-25.
Shaughnessy, C., Ockelford, A., Bonneville-Roussy, A., & Mann, W. (2023). Building musical lives: The impact of supporting musical play in the everyday lives of autistic children and their families. Psychology of Music. https://doi.org/10.
Haug, T., Boers-Visker, E., Mann, W., Poor, G., & Van den Bogaerde, B. (2022). Scoring second signed language assessment. In T. Haug, W. Mann, & U. Knoch (Eds.), The handbook of language assessment across modalities (pp. 315-328). Oxford University Press.
Mann, W., Hoskin, J., & Dumbrill, H. (2022). Using dynamic assessment to measure the language and communication skills of signing children. In T. Haug, W. Mann, & U. Knoch (Eds.), The handbook of language assessment across modalities (pp. 101-112). Oxford University Press.
Mann, W., Hoskin, J., & Dumbrill, H. (2022). Assessing signed language ability in deaf children of hearing parents. In H. Mohebbi & C. Coombe (Eds.), Research questions in language education and applied linguistics. Springer.
Kanto, L. & Mann, W. (2021). Assessing strength of vocabulary in deaf and hearing signers: a study from Finland. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education.
Grove, N., Haug, T. Herman, R., Mann, W., & Prinz, P. (2021). The assessment of signed language. In G. Morgan (Ed.), Understanding deafness, language and cognitive development: essays in honour of Bencie Woll. John Benjamins.
Haug, T. & Mann, W., Hoskin, J., & H. Dumbrill (2020). Signed language tests and assessments. In R. Rosen (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Sign Language Pedagogy (pp. 114-128). Routledge.
Hoskin, J. Dumbrill, H. & Mann, W. (2020). Distinguishing between language difference and language disorder in deaf children who use signed language. In Conference proceedings for AKECH 2020.
Mann, W. (2018). Measuring deaf learners’ language progress in school. In M. Marschark & H.Knoors (Eds.), Evidence-Based Practice in Deaf Education (pp.171-188). Oxford University Press.
Enns, C., Haug, T., Herman, R., Hoffmeister, R., Mann, W., & McQuarrie, L. (2016). Exploring signed language assessment tools in Europe and North Europe. In M. Marschark & Lampropoulou, V. and Skordilis, E.K. (Eds.) Diversity in Deaf Education (pp.171-218). Oxford University Press.
Haug, T. & Mann, W. (2016). Language assessment tools. In P. Bodreault & G. Gertz (Eds.), The Deaf Studies Encyclopedia (pp. 552 554). Sage. DOI: 10.4135/9781483346489.n178.
Mann, W., Sheng, L., & Morgan, G. (2016). Lexical-Semantic Organization in American Sign Language and English- Acquiring children: Evidence from a repeated meaning association task. Language Learning, 66(4), 872-899. DOI: 10.1111/lang.12169.
Mann, W. & Haug, T. (2016). New directions in sign language assessment. In M. Marschark & P. Spencer (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies in Language (pp. 299-310). Oxford University Press.
Mann, W., Peña, E., & Morgan, G. (2015). Child Modifiability as Predictor of Language Impairment in Deaf Children who use American Sign Language. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 24(3), 374-385. DOI: 10.1044/2015_AJSLP-14-0072.
Mann, W., Roy, P., & Morgan, G. (2015). Adaptation of a vocabulary test from British Sign Language to American Sign Language. Language Testing, 1-20. DOI: 10.1177/0265532215575627.
Mann, W., Haug, T., Kollien, S., & Quinto-Pozos, D. (2014). Teaching and assessment of sign languages. In C. Chapelle (Ed.), The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Wiley-Blackwell.
Mann, W., Peña, E., & Morgan, G. (2014). Exploring the Use of Dynamic Language Assessment with Deaf Children who use American Sign Language: Two Case Studies. Journal of Communication Disorders, 52, 16-30. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2014.05.002.
Morgan, G., Meristo, M., Mann, W., Hjelmquist, E., Surian, L., & Siegal, M. (2014). Mental state language input directed at deaf and hearing infants and children: Implications for theory of mind. Cognitive Development, 29, 41-49. DOI:10.1016/j.cogdev.2013.10.002.
Mann, W. & Haug, T. (2014). Mapping out guidelines for the use and development of sign language assessments: Some critical issues, comments and suggestions. In D. Quinto-Pozos (Ed.), Multilingual Aspects of Signed Language Communication and Disorder (pp. 123-142). Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.
Mann, W., Roy, P., & Marshall, C. (2013). A look at the other 90 per cent: Investigating British Sign Language vocabulary knowledge in deaf children from different language learning backgrounds. Deafness & Education International, 15(2), 91-116. DOI:10.1179/1557069X12Y.0000000017.
Mann, W. & Marshall, C. (2012). Investigating deaf children’s vocabulary knowledge in British Sign Language. Language Learning, 62(4), 1024-1051. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2011.00670.x.
Marshall, C. R., Mann, W. & Morgan, G. (2011). Short-term memory in signed languages: Not just a disadvantage for serial recall, Frontiers in Psychology, 2, 102. DOI: 10.3389/ fpsyg.2011.00102.
Mahon, M., Vickers, D., McCarthy, K., Rajput, K., Barker, R, Merrit, R., Mann, W., & Szagun, G. (2011). Cochlear-implanted children from homes where English is an additional language: findings from a recent audit in one London centre, Cochlear Implant International, 12(2), 105-113. DOI:10.1179/146701010X486552.
Mann, W. (2011). Pilotstudie zum Verständnis von Referenzbeziehungen in Deutscher Gebärdensprache (DGS) und Deutscher Schriftsprache [Pilot on deaf children’s reference marking in German Sign Language and written German]. In K.B. Guenther & J. Hennies (Eds.), Bilingualer Unterricht in Gebärden-, Schrift-, und Lautsprache mit gehörlosen SchülerInnen in der Primarstufe:Zwischenbericht zum Berliner Bilingualen Schulversuch (pp. 119-132) [Bilingual Instruction of Deaf Students in Sign Language, Spoken Language, and Written Language: Results from a Bilingual Model in Berlin]. Hamburg: Signum Verlag.
Mann, W., Marshall, C., Mason, K., & Morgan, G. (2010). The acquisition of sign language: the interplay between phonology and phonetics Language and Learning Development, 6, 1-27. DOI: 10.1080/15475440903245951.
Mann, W. & Marshall, C. (2010). Building an assessment use argument for sign language: The BSL Nonsense Sign Repetition Test. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 13, 243-258. DOI: 10.1080/13670050903474127.
Mann, W. & Haug, T. (2010). Erhebung der Sprachkompetenz von gehörlosen Schülerinnern und Schülern – Grund, Methoden, und Konsequenzen [Measuring deaf students’ language skills: Causes, methods, and consequences]. In A. Wildemann (Ed.), Bildungschancen hörgeschädigter Schülerinnen und Schüler (pp. 175-188) [Providing Career Opportunities for Deaf Students]. Hamburg: Signum Verlag.
Haug, T. & Mann, W. (2008). Developing tests for sign language assessment: A review of common problems and other related issues. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 13(1), 138-147. DOI:10.1093/deafed/enm027.
Mann, W. (2007). Examining German deaf children’s understanding of referential distinction in written German and German Sign Language (DGS). Educational and Child Psychology, 24(4), 59-76.
Rathmann, C., Mann, W., & Morgan, G. (2007). Narrative structure and narrative development in deaf children. Deafness and Education International, 9(4), 187-196. DOI: 10.1002/dei.228.
Mann, W. & Prinz, P. (2006). An investigation of the need for sign language assessment in Deaf Education. American Annals of the Deaf, 151(3), 356-370.
Haug, T. & Mann, W. (2005). Gebärdensprachtests für gehörlose Kinder: Entwicklung, Herausforderungen, und Gebrauch [Sign language assessment for deaf children: Development, challenges, and use]. Aspekte, 88, 51-64.
Haug, T. & Mann, W. (2005). Projekt Gebärdensprachtest: Die Entwicklung von zwei Tests für Deutsche Gebärdensprache. [Project Sign Language Test: The development of two tests to measure deaf children’s German Sign Language skills]. Das Zeichen, 71,370-380.
BOOKS
Haug,T., Mann, W., & Knoch, U. (Eds.)(2022). The handbook of language assessment across modalities. Oxford University Press.
Mann, W. (2008). Facing the Challenge of Appropriately Measuring Deaf Children’s Language Skills. Saarbrücken: VDM.
MAGAZINES
Haug, T., Hennies, J., & Mann, W. (2012). Deutsche Gebärdensprache und ihre Bedeutung für Kinder mit Cochlea Implantat [The importance of German Sign Language for deaf children with a cochlear implant]. Schnecke, 76, 14-16.
Mann, W. (2010). Assessing deaf children’s language: Challenges and possibilities. Bulletin, 23.
Herman, R. & Mann, W. (2010). Language assessment of deaf children: Where are we now? BATOD Magazine, January, 22.
Mann, W. (2009). Measuring deaf children’s vocabulary development in BSL. BATOD Magazine, November, 39.
Mann, W. (2009). What can deaf children’s vocabulary tell us? The British Sign Language Vocabulary Test, British Deaf News, August, 16-17.
Mann, W., Marshall, C. R., Mason, K. & Morgan G. (2009). Understanding more about sign language learning: Results from the Nonsense Sign Repetition project.British Deaf News, March, 16-17.
Mann, W. (2007). Working with deaf children from diverse linguistic and cultural Backgrounds: New challenges for teachers and researchers, BATOD Magazine, November, 12.
Mann, W., Marshall, C., & Morgan, G. (2007). How do deaf children make signs? The Nonsense Sign Repetition Project, Sign Matters, September, 16-17.
BOOK REVIEWS
Mann, W. & Haug, T. (2015). A review of V. Mueller Gathercole (Ed.), Issues in the assessment of bilinguals. American Annals of the Deaf, 159(5), 464-486.
Mann, W. (2013). A review of A. Baker & B. Woll (Eds.). Sign language acquisition. First Language, 33(3), 319-321.
Mann, W. (2007). A review of M. Hintermair (Ed.), Ethics and deafness: Reflections on living a successful life of challenges in uncertain times. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 47(1), 306.
TESTS
Mann, W. (2021). The web-based American Sign Language/English VocabularyTasks. https://.signmeasures.com
Mann, W. (2017). The web-based British Sign Language Vocabulary Test. https://dcalportal.org.
Mann, W., Marshall, C., & Morgan, G. (2011). The Nonsense Sign Repetition Test.https://dcalportal.org.
PUBLIC ENGAGMENT
Holzknecht, F., Haug, T., Atkinson, J., & Mann, W. (2022, Oktober 4). Sign language testing:
UKALTA briefing paper 01/22 [Online-Ressource]. UK Association for Language Testing and Assessment (UKALTA).
Haug, T., Mann, W., Boers-Visker, E., Contreras, J., Enns, C., Herman, R., & Rowley, K. (2016). Guidelines for sign language test development, evaluation, and use. Unpublished document, https://www.hfh.ch/fileadmin/files/documents/Dokumente_FE/E.16_Haug_2016_guidelines_sign_language_tests.pdf