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Lederer, Susan Hendler – Young Exceptional Children, 2018
Teaching young children with language delays to say or sign the word "more" has had strong support from the literature since the 1970s (Bloom & Lahey, 1978; Holland, 1975; Lahey & Bloom, 1977; Lederer, 2002). Semantically, teaching children the word/sign "more" is supported by research on early vocabulary development…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Speech Language Pathology, Delayed Speech, Children
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Finneran, Rosette Bambino – Working Papers in TESOL & Applied Linguistics, 2015
Why should second and foreign language teachers tune into instructed second language acquisition (ISLA)? There are many reasons, several of which have already been addressed in this forum. This paper examines one important benefit of keeping abreast of the field, namely, the opportunity for classroom instructors to extract pedagogical insights…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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King, J. Freeman – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1990
Words in English often have multiple meanings, causing concepts to be paired with incorrect signs when working with deaf students, such as the concept of "made up" meaning either "invented" or "decided." A method called "sentence chains" is recommended as a drill to learn to link concepts with their appropriate signs. (JDD)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Deaf Interpreting