Western Canadian Center for Deaf Studies
Western Canadian Center for Deaf Studies
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Bridging language access in technology: Inclusive design and development of ASL-English apps. Poster presented at the 20th International Technology, Education, and Development Conference (INTED 2026)
Yong, S., Lam, E., & McQuarrie, L. (2026, March). Bridging language access in technology: Inclusive design and development of ASL-English apps. Poster presented at the 20th International Technology, Education, and Development Conference (INTED 2026), Valencia, Spain.
Developing sign-symbol aptitude to support word reading acquisition.
McQuarrie, L., & Enns, C. (2025). Developing sign-symbol aptitude to support word reading acquisition. In R. Herman & C. Enns (Eds.), Communication Interventions with Deaf People, New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Using dual language vocabulary apps to enhance language and literacy learning. Poster presented at the 23nd International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED)
McQuarrie, L., Lam, E., Yong, S., Cundy, L., Csiszar, P., Enns, C. (2021, July). Learning technologies: Using dual language vocabulary apps to enhance language and literacy learning. Poster presented at the 23nd International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED), Brisbane, Australia.
Assessing ASL: Comprehension, narrative and phonological awareness
McQuarrie, L., & Enns, (2021). Assessing ASL: Comprehension, narrative and phonological awareness. In C. Enns, J. Henner, & L. McQuarrie (Eds.), Discussing bilingualism in deaf children: Essays in honor of Robert Hoffmeister (pp. 217-228). New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
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Language assessment: Links to literacy for bilingual learners
Enns, C., & McQuarrie, L. (2020). Language assessment: Links to literacy for bilingual learners. In S. Easterbrooks & H. Dostal (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies in Literacy (pp. 235-250). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
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Signed language phonological awareness instruction and the acquisition of sign and print vocabulary in bilingual deaf children.
McQuarrie, L. & Enns, C. (2019, November). Signed language phonological awareness instruction and the acquisition of sign and print vocabulary in bilingual deaf children. Poster presented at the 3rd International Conference on Teaching Deaf Learners, Haarlam, the Netherlands.
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Sign Language assessment: Towards equity in language testing for bilingual deaf students.
Enns, C. & McQuarrie, L. (2019, November). Sign Language assessment: Towards equity in language testing for bilingual deaf students. Poster presented at the 3rd International Conference on Teaching Deaf Learners, Haarlam, Netherlands.
Dual language (ASL- English) vocabulary apps: Using digital games to enhance language and literacy learning
McQuarrie, L., Enns, C., Lam, E., & Yong, S. (2019, November). Dual language (ASL- English) vocabulary apps: Using digital games to enhance language and literacy learning. Poster presented at the 3rd International Conference on Teaching Deaf Learners, Haarlam, the Netherlands.
McQuarrie, L. & Enns, C. (2018, October). Developing sign-symbol aptitude to support word reading acquisition. Paper presented at the 2018 Workshop on Reading, Language and Deafness (WoRLD), Basque Centre on Cognition, Brain and Language, San Sebastian, Spain.
McQuarrie, L., Enns, C., Lam, E., & Yong, S. (2018, October). Learning technologies: Supporting word reading using dual language vocabulary apps. Poster presented at the 2018 Workshop on Reading, Language and Deafness (WoRLD), Basque Centre on Cognition, Brain and Language, San Sebastian, Spain.
McQuarrie, L., Enns, C., Lam, E., & Yong, S. (2018, June). Innovative technologies: Developing dual language (American Sign Language - English) literacy apps with and for Deaf children. Poster presented at the 3rd International Conference on Sign Language Acquisition (ICSLA), Istanbul, Turkey.
Enns, C., McQuarrie, L., Cundy, L. & Zimmer, K. (2018, February). Assessing children's development of American Sign Language. Paper presented at the 43rd Annual Conference of the Association of College Educators - Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ACE-D/HH), Tucson, AZ.
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McQuarrie, L., Enns, C. Lam, Y., & Yong, S. (2018, January). Digital inclusion through co-design with Deaf children. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI.
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McQuarrie, L., Enns, C. & Purvis, C. (2016, July). “Cultivating” transfer in dual language learning: Exploring the effectiveness of signed language phonological awareness training on deaf children’s sign and print vocabulary learning. Paper presented at the 28th Australian and New Zealand Conference for Educators of the Deaf & the 12th Asia Pacific Congress on Deafness. Christchurch, New Zealand.
McQuarrie, L., & Enns, C. (2016, June). Cultivated transfer: Examining the effects of explicit signed language phonological awareness training on young bimodal bilingual deaf children’s vocabulary learning in signed and spoken languages. Poster presented at the 2016 NHS and AHS Hearing Across the Lifespan (HeAL) Conferences. Cernobbio, Lake Como, Italy.
McQuarrie, L, & Enns, C. (2016, June). Innovative technologies: Creating dual language word learning games through co-design with Deaf children. Poster presented at the 2016 International Education Conference, Venice, Italy.
Enns, C. & McQuarrie, L. (2016, May). Visually-based phonological awareness: Building deaf children’s vocabulary in signed and written language. Paper presented at the 2016 Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), Calgary, Alberta.
McQuarrie, L, & Enns, C. (2016, April). Innovative technologies: Creating breakthrough dual language word learning games through co-design with Deaf children. Poster presented at the 32nd Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Baron, T., Lam, E. & McQuarrie, L. (2015). Developing new technologies for children and with children: Using co-design for creating an instructional game. Poster presented at the 22nd International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED), Athens, Greece.
McQuarrie, L., & Enns, C. (2015, March). Bilingual Deaf children as co-design partners in developing ASL/English word learning technology tools. Paper presented at the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD) Pre-conference on Deaf Education. Philadelphia, PA.
McQuarrie, L., & Enns, C. (2015, January). HandsUp! for literacy: Tapping into Sign Language phonological awareness training in the development of literacy in English for bilingual deaf children. Poster presented at the 12th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii
McQuarrie, L., Baron, T., & Lam, E. (2015, January). Nothing about us without us! Bilingual deaf children as co-design partners in the development of an interactive digital word learning game. Poster presented at the 12th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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McQuarrie, L., & Abbott, M. (2013). Bilingual Deaf students’ phonological awareness in ASL and reading skills in English. Sign Language Studies, 14 (1), 80-100. DOI: 10.1353/sls.2013.0028
McQuarrie, L., Enns, C., Zimmer, K., Henner, J., Baker, S., & Clark, D. (2013, February). American Sign Language (ASL) assessment tools: A “Sign of the Times” panel presentation. Papers presented at the 39th Annual Conference of the Association of College Educators - Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ACE-D/HH). Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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McQuarrie, L., & Parrila, R. (2014). Literacy and linguistic development in bilingual deaf children: Implications of the ‘and’ for phonological processing. [Special Issue] American Annals of the Deaf, 159 (4), 372-384.
McQuarrie, L., & Parrila, R. (2009). Phonological representations in deaf children: Rethinking the “functional equivalence” hypothesis. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 14(2), 137–154.