Ingela Holmström
Biographic Data
| ID | 159924 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ingela Holmström |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ingela |
| FAMILY NAME | Holmström |
| SIGNATURE | HOLMSTRÖM I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stockholm University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8762-7118 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sign language in deaf-and-hard-of-hearing education
This qualitative multiple-case study compares perceptions and practices of sign language in Sweden and Türkiye across special schools and mainstream settings. Sweden represents a well-established bilingual model, whereas Türkiye illustrates a nascent ecosystem where the formal integration of sign language into educational policy is relatively recent. This study is guided by the overarching research question: What are the perceptions and practices…
Fingerspelling as a pathway to deaf children’s reading
The role of fingerspelling or manual alphabet for reading among deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals has been of great interest in research. What can decades of research on fingerspelling and reading among deaf individuals tell us about how fingerspelling aids deaf children’s reading development? This scoping review was, therefore, undertaken to explore: (a) What is the relationship between fingerspelling and reading?, (b) In what ways do fingers…
Introduction to the special issue ‘immigrant deaf and hard-of-hearing additional language learners’
“They forget and forget all the time.” The complexity of teaching adult deaf emergent readers print literacy
This article highlight and discuss the complex situation when deaf adults who are emergent readers learn Swedish Sign Language (STS) and Swedish in parallel. As Swedish appears primarily in its written form, they also have to develop reading and writing skills. Study data comes from ethnographically created video recordings of classroom interaction and interviews with teachers and participants. The analysis reveals that while the migrants success…
Deaf migrants in Sweden
Disabled people encounter numerous barriers to accessibility and face discrimination and inequalities in their daily lives. The situation is even more complex for migrants with a disability, who have to learn how to navigate a new bureaucratic system. This study focuses on deaf adult migrants and the linguistic and bureaucratic challenges they face in Swedish society. The data consists of interviews with 43 deaf migrants participating in language…
Language learning challenges for adult deaf migrants in Sweden
Upon arrival in Sweden, adult migrants are required to learn Swedish at the earliest opportunity. This requirement also extends to deaf migrants, regardless of their linguistic and educational backgrounds. This paper presents findings and experiences derived from a project focused on the multilingual situation of deaf migrants in Sweden. Some deaf migrants have acquired sign language skills from birth and have received formal education, while oth…
Translanguaging practices in adult education for deaf migrants
In the last decade, Sweden has received many deaf migrants with very diverse linguistic and educational backgrounds. When arriving in Sweden, they are expected to learn Swedish Sign Language (STS) and Swedish. For this study, we have used data from project Mulder, a four-year research project that aims to generate knowledge about deaf migrants' multilingual situation in Sweden. The focus is on two folk high schools with programmes designated for …
Deaf lecturers’ translanguaging in a higher education setting. A multimodal multilingual perspective
In a few universities around the world courses are offered where the primary language of instruction is a national sign language. Many of these courses are given by bilingual/multilingual deaf lecturers, skilled in both national sign language(s) and spoken/written language(s). Research on such deaf-led practices in higher education are lacking, and this study will contribute to a greater understanding of these practices. Drawing on ethnographical…
Communicating and Hand(ling) Technologies. Everyday Life in Educational Settings Where Pupils With Cochlear Implants Are Mainstreamed
Different technologies are commonly used in mainstream classrooms to teach pupils who wear surgically implanted cochlear hearing aids. We focus on these technologies, their application, how pupils react to them, and how they affect mainstream classrooms in S weden. Our findings indicate that language ideologies play out in specific ways in such technified environments. The hegemonic position wielded by adults with regard to the use of technology …
Deaf migrants in Sweden
Disabled people encounter numerous barriers to accessibility and face discrimination and inequalities in their daily lives. The situation is even more complex for migrants with a disability, who have to learn how to navigate a new bureaucratic system. This study focuses on deaf adult migrants and the linguistic and bureaucratic challenges they face in Swedish society. The data consists of interviews with 43 deaf migrants participating in language…
Communicating and Hand(ling) Technologies. Everyday Life in Educational Settings Where Pupils With Cochlear Implants Are Mainstreamed
Different technologies are commonly used in mainstream classrooms to teach pupils who wear surgically implanted cochlear hearing aids. We focus on these technologies, their application, how pupils react to them, and how they affect mainstream classrooms in S weden. Our findings indicate that language ideologies play out in specific ways in such technified environments. The hegemonic position wielded by adults with regard to the use of technology …
Deaf lecturers’ translanguaging in a higher education setting. A multimodal multilingual perspective
In a few universities around the world courses are offered where the primary language of instruction is a national sign language. Many of these courses are given by bilingual/multilingual deaf lecturers, skilled in both national sign language(s) and spoken/written language(s). Research on such deaf-led practices in higher education are lacking, and this study will contribute to a greater understanding of these practices. Drawing on ethnographical…
Translanguaging practices in adult education for deaf migrants
In the last decade, Sweden has received many deaf migrants with very diverse linguistic and educational backgrounds. When arriving in Sweden, they are expected to learn Swedish Sign Language (STS) and Swedish. For this study, we have used data from project Mulder, a four-year research project that aims to generate knowledge about deaf migrants' multilingual situation in Sweden. The focus is on two folk high schools with programmes designated for …
“They forget and forget all the time.” The complexity of teaching adult deaf emergent readers print literacy
This article highlight and discuss the complex situation when deaf adults who are emergent readers learn Swedish Sign Language (STS) and Swedish in parallel. As Swedish appears primarily in its written form, they also have to develop reading and writing skills. Study data comes from ethnographically created video recordings of classroom interaction and interviews with teachers and participants. The analysis reveals that while the migrants success…
Deaf migrants in Sweden
Disabled people encounter numerous barriers to accessibility and face discrimination and inequalities in their daily lives. The situation is even more complex for migrants with a disability, who have to learn how to navigate a new bureaucratic system. This study focuses on deaf adult migrants and the linguistic and bureaucratic challenges they face in Swedish society. The data consists of interviews with 43 deaf migrants participating in language…
Language learning challenges for adult deaf migrants in Sweden
Upon arrival in Sweden, adult migrants are required to learn Swedish at the earliest opportunity. This requirement also extends to deaf migrants, regardless of their linguistic and educational backgrounds. This paper presents findings and experiences derived from a project focused on the multilingual situation of deaf migrants in Sweden. Some deaf migrants have acquired sign language skills from birth and have received formal education, while oth…
Fingerspelling as a pathway to deaf children’s reading
The role of fingerspelling or manual alphabet for reading among deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals has been of great interest in research. What can decades of research on fingerspelling and reading among deaf individuals tell us about how fingerspelling aids deaf children’s reading development? This scoping review was, therefore, undertaken to explore: (a) What is the relationship between fingerspelling and reading?, (b) In what ways do fingers…
Introduction to the special issue ‘immigrant deaf and hard-of-hearing additional language learners’
Sign language in deaf-and-hard-of-hearing education
This qualitative multiple-case study compares perceptions and practices of sign language in Sweden and Türkiye across special schools and mainstream settings. Sweden represents a well-established bilingual model, whereas Türkiye illustrates a nascent ecosystem where the formal integration of sign language into educational policy is relatively recent. This study is guided by the overarching research question: What are the perceptions and practices…
Hearing Impairment and Communication (9 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (6 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Sign language (5 works) · Hand Gesture Recognition Systems (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Multilingualism (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works)