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Teacher enrichment of prekindergarten curriculum with sign language
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Abstract. This investigation tracked one prekindergarten teacher's experience, over a three-year period, to determine if a relationship exists between student outcomes and a teacher's signing ability. The students' receptive English vocabulary gains indicate a corresponding increase in the teacher's mastery of sign language technique. The study shows that enriching preschool curriculum with sign language ultimately improves hearing African American children's receptive English vocabulary. The...
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LIVING WITH DEAF PARENTS HAS ITS; WORRIES, BLESSINGS
Roanoke Times & World News
; Ever since I could remember, I could fluently use sign language to communicate with my parents in the same way most children talk to their parents. But unlike most other kids, I was born to parents who are deaf. According to my parents, who met while attending the Virginia School for the Deaf and
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Case delayed for deaf parents
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ... visits with the children. The hearing was rescheduled for March 31. Copyright 2008, Journal Sentinel Inc. All rights reserved. (Note: This notice does not apply to those news items already copyrighted and received through wire services or other media.)
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Sign language silenced by the school board
Capital (Annapolis)
; Language is a means of communication, but does the school board agree with the dictionary? Sign language matches this definition, yet is not honored as a language credit throughout Anne Arundel County High Schools. Fellow languages such as Spanish, French, and German each receive one-half credit
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Group for adult children of deaf parents reorganizes.(Neighbor)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
; Byline: Jamie Sotonoff Daily Herald Staff Writer Several organizations already exist in the Northwest suburbs for deaf adults. There is now a group that serves the adult, hearing children of deaf people. The Illinois Children of Deaf Adults (CODA) is in the process of reorganizing and will
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The naked and the deaf; You may not have heard of the photographer Malcolm Venville , but you will have seen his adverts.His upbringing by profoundly deaf parents has given him a visual talent, which he plans to use in a new career as a director. But is Britain ready for a film entirely in sign language?
The Sunday Herald
; GIVEN his status as one of Britain's most in demand admen, it seems fitting that Malcolm Venville reminds me of the Duracell bunny. A paunchy bear of a man with pogo-stick curls, grizzly beard and floral shirt, slouched amid the clutter of his central London office, he looks like an ageing hippy.
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