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On the Relation between the Signing and Reading Skills of Deaf Bilinguals
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Hermans, Daan; Ormel, Ellen; Knoors, Harry – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2010
In this paper, we will describe the theoretical underpinning of many bilingual education programs for deaf children: Cummins' Linguistic Interdependence theory. Then, we will review some of the studies that have been conducted on the relation between reading and signing skills, and discuss how difficult it is to interpret their findings within…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Bilingual Education, Deafness, Bilingual Education Programs