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Could sign language be taught by the parents? Should a class be taken to ensure the right words were being taught? Could a person ...
of expecting there to be great differences between cultures within the US as well. The authors use sources from the 1970s and 198...
In eight pages this paper considers ASL, the language structure and morphology, the number and age of speakers, and how it can be ...
In 1994, estimates suggest that upwards of 500,000 deaf Americans incorporated ASL into their daily communications, while many oth...
learn the ways in which standard English developed -- that no language remains "fixed" but is rather a constantly evolving, adapti...
Cognitive development is about information processing, reasoning, intelligence, memory, and language development. It is about the ...
In fifteen pages the impact of having a deaf sibling on siblings who have developed normally is evaluated emotionally and psycholo...
This 10 page paper is a presentation concerning the use of a collaborative/co-operative approach to language teaching. The present...
the learning process; enhancing the students personal contributions in the classroom; and attempting to link what is learned in th...
part of its grammar and utilizes space to impart nuances of meaning. For example, the word "look," can be changed to mean "grace, ...
There has also been a move toward cultural diversity, which has paved the way for the classroom additions of bilingual and ASL tra...
languages are a significant cultural resource, a cultural resource which is too often overlooked by mainstream America. He emphas...
In seven pages this paper discusses the education regarding second language instruction with models such as Teaching English to Sp...
pressure) is a chronic condition that constitutes a major risk element for both coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease...
account for there reversal in the infant mortality rates seen since the 1980s. This paper will look at the patterns and trend in...
One question parents often have is, when to begin feeding their infant solid foods. This paper reports a case of a six-month old a...
some sort of representational form (Bertenthal, 1996). The second perceptual concern has to do with having a coordinated system fo...
between grammatical and communicative approaches to second-language teaching. Grammatical approaches refer to instructional method...
15 pages and 19 sources. This paper considers the importance of public health outreach for women who are pregnant, especially wom...
country is not only complex and troublesome, but it is also quite an involved process. Even more exasperating is the quest to con...
of nationalities, which speaks to the continual need for effective English instruction. Some of the inherent difficulties and cha...
speak English as a native language; rather, the extent to which focused training serves to mold an effective ESL instructor is bot...
p. 145). These programs are called dual language programs and they are the only programs with empirical data that concludes childr...
In The Closing of the American Mind, Allan Bloom decries the lapse of teaching of traditional American values in American universi...
the language acquisition device" (p. 255). Others say that language development is a reaction to environment. This writer/tutor ...
The teacher might use pictures or finger-puppets to help facilitate student comprehension. The disadvantage to this approach is th...
and future (Doerr, 1994). Human beings are essentially animals in there biological makeup and there ability to sense . One particu...
to abide by her decision to communicate only in sign language. Young children acquire language skills by listening. From the tim...
- virtually all of them knew it - so that they could "talk" to their deaf friends (Groce). Not only that, but when Groce interview...
truths with incredible power. For example, Hitler used language in an incredibly powerful way, playing on the truths of the people...