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Mueller, Vannesa; Hurtig, Richard – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2010
Early shared reading experiences have been shown to benefit normally hearing children. It has been hypothesized that hearing parents of deaf or hard-of-hearing children may be uncomfortable or may lack adequate skills to engage in shared reading activities. A factor that may contribute to the widely cited reading difficulties seen in the majority…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Deafness, Vocabulary Development, Reading Instruction
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Svartholm, Kristina – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2010
In 1981, Swedish Sign Language gained recognition by the Swedish Parliament as the language of deaf people, a decision that made Sweden the first country in the world to give a sign language the status of a language. Swedish was designated as a second language for deaf people, and the need for bilingualism among them was officially asserted. This…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Sign Language, Second Language Learning, Bilingual Education