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Peer reviewedSingleton, Jenny L.; Supalla, Samuel; Litchfield, Sharon; Schley, Sara – Topics in Language Disorders, 1998
Critically examines the traditional notion of American Sign Language/English bilingualism. This model is contrasted with the "ASL/English as a spoken language" bilingual model in which the modality constraints facing the deaf child are presented as the fundamental issue for ASL/English bilingualism. Empirical and applied research supporting the…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingual Education, Deafness, English (Second Language)
Download full textBrown Univ., Providence, RI. – 1992
The Deaf Adult Literacy program was created to meet the educational needs of deaf and hearing-impaired adult learners. The program was structured by an advisory committee of learners and teachers and was based on a model of bilingual education. All instruction was provided in American Sign Language (ASL) by teachers who were themselves deaf-native…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, American Sign Language, Basic Skills
