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ERIC Number: EJ313869
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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In Support of Bilingual/Bicultural Education for Deaf Children.
Barnum, Martha
American Annals of the Deaf, v129 n5 p404-08 Nov 1984
Research shows that native signers do better academically than Ss who use speechreading, written English, or manual forms of English. Instruction through a natural sign language is also a benefit, and the transition to teaching through English can be successfully accomplished at about the fifth-grade level. (Author)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Deafness, Language Acquisition, Sign Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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