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Isakson, Su Kyong – Sign Language Studies, 2018
This article puts forward a solution to the impending shortage of culturally and linguistically competent interpreters: the education of heritage signers as heritage language learners. It examines the current landscape of American Sign Language (ASL) as a course of study and the difficulties heritage signers report when they begin learning ASL. In…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Language Research, Deaf Interpreting
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Sanchez, Alma Sonia Q. – Journal of International Education Research, 2013
In the institutionalization of the mother tongue-based multilingual education (MTB-MLE) in the country, several trainings were conducted introducing its unique features such as the use of the two-track method in teaching reading based on the frequency of the sounds of the first language (L1). This study attempted to find out how the accuracy track…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Native Language, Code Switching (Language), Pretests Posttests
Rhodes, Nancy C. – 1979
This study analyzes the language attitudes of the Paraguayan people toward their two languages, Guarani and Spanish. To study the bilingual situation in the South American country, a pilot survey was carried out in the capital city addressing the major topics of language attitudes, language usage, and language varieties. The goals of the survey…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Cognitive Processes