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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Literacy and Deaf Students in Taiwan: Issues, Practices and Directions for Future Research--Part I
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Liu, Hsiu Tan; Liu, Chun Jung; Andrews, Jean F. – Deafness and Education International, 2014
We describe the literacy issues facing young deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) learners in Taiwan who are learning both a logographic and an alphabetic script. We describe the contextual factors that surround their reading and writing processes such as island demographics, reading achievement levels, and background language learning variables…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Deafness, Educational Policy
Literacy and Deaf Students in Taiwan: Issues, Practices and Directions for Future Research--Part II
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Liu, Hsiu Tan; Andrews, Jean F.; Liu, Chun Jung – Deafness and Education International, 2014
In Part I, we underscore the issues surrounding young deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) learners of literacy in Taiwan who use sign to support their learning of Chinese literacy. We also described the linguistic features of Chinese writing and the visual codes used by DHH children. In Part II, we describe the reading and writing practices used with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Deafness, Literacy, Accessibility (for Disabled)