Introduction: Plurilingualism and (In)competence in Deaf Education

The idea for this book came in part from a colloquium about American Sign Language (ASL) revitalization in bilingual deaf education which the editors hosted at the 2017 American Association of Applied Linguistics conference. This colloquium included Joanne’s research and practice involving arts-based approaches to supporting language and literacy learning for deaf youth with language delays, and Kristin’s work in developing an ASL curriculum for parents of deaf children which is based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) (see also Oyserman & de Geus, this volume). However, the impetus behind the colloquium was what we saw as