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ERIC Number: EJ528249
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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A Visual-Spatial Approach to ESL in a Bilingual Program with Deaf International Students.
Cordero-Martinez, Francisco
Bilingual Research Journal, v19 n3-4 p469-82 Sum-Fall 1995
The English Language Institute at Gallaudet University (District of Columbia) prepares foreign deaf students to attend college in the United States through a year-long intensive literacy program in American English and immersion in American Sign Language and deaf culture. The Institute's educational philosophies and teaching strategies focus on visual-spatial approaches to second-language learning. (SV)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingual Education Programs, College Preparation, Deafness, Educational Philosophy, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Postsecondary Education, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: English Language Schools; Gallaudet University DC; Total Physical Response
Note: Theme issue: "The ESL Component of Bilingual Education in Practice."