Profiling Hispanic Deaf Students: A First Step toward Solving the Greater Problems.

Walker-Vann, Cheryl

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ERIC Number: EJ587826

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Publication Date: 1998

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Profiling Hispanic Deaf Students: A First Step toward Solving the Greater Problems.

Walker-Vann, Cheryl

American Annals of the Deaf, v143 n1 p46-54 Mar 1998

Summarizes characteristics of Hispanic students at the Texas School for the Deaf. It discusses trilingual (American Sign Language, English, Spanish) situations and problems related to multilingual home and school environments. A model is proposed for language instruction and support-services programs. (DB)

Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Hispanic Americans, Language Acquisition, Language Minorities, Limited English Speaking, Minority Groups, Multilingualism, Services, Spanish Speaking, Student Characteristics, Teaching Models

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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