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ERIC Number: EJ349249
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Conceptual Sign Language Acquisition by Spanish-Speaking Parents of Hearing-Impaired Children.
Christensen, Kathee M.
American Annals of the Deaf, v131 n4 p285-87 Oct 1986
Spanish-speaking families (N=58) of deaf children participated in a two-year televised trilingual (Spanish, English, and Sign Language) class through the project "A Mass Media Approach to Sign Language Instruction for Spanish-Speaking Parents of Deaf Children." Evaluation revealed that over 85 percent demonstrated positive change in receptive and expressive sign language ability. (CB)
Descriptors: Deafness, Educational Television, Expressive Language, Instructional Effectiveness, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Education, Parent Participation, Receptive Language, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Sign Language, Skill Development, Spanish Speaking
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Mass Media Sign Lang Span Speak Parents Deaf Child