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Arnaud, Sabine – History of Education Quarterly, 2020
While current debates oppose the cochlear implant's privileging of speech acquisition to teaching sign language, nineteenth-century debates, in contrast, opposed those who saw sign language as a tool for learning to read and write, and those who saw in it an autonomous language for organizing thought itself. Should the order of gestural signs…
Descriptors: Correlation, Educational History, Assistive Technology, Syntax
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Karatsareas, Petros – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
I explore the ways in which language ideologies are transformed when they are transplanted to diasporic settings as a result of migration. I examine the labelling of Cypriot Greek features as "slang" by young British-born speakers of Greek Cypriot heritage. Drawing on the analysis of data collected in a Greek complementary school in…
Descriptors: Greek, Nonstandard Dialects, Foreign Countries, Immigration
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Murphy, Isabel I.; Vencio, Elizabeth – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2009
This article explores mother tongue awareness among several Brazilian Amerindian societies in contrast with the perception of the importance of the vernacular according to policy makers and academics. The perception of the vernacular as important is discussed in the light of continuing debate among Brazil's educators concerning appropriate…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Speech Communication, Native Language Instruction, Written Language
McLaughlin, Daniel – 1985
Literacy of Navajo Indians within an isolated community of a northeast Arizona Navajo reservation is discussed, based on an ethnographic investigation. Functions for English and Navajo literacy in two community settings where Navajos use standard and vernacular print are described. Using literacy artifacts, participant observation, and interview…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Ethnography, Language Attitudes, Language Role