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Download full textGustason, Gerilee – 1997
This digest uses a question-and-answer format to summarize basic information about the use of English-based sign systems with children who are deaf or hard of hearing. English-based sign systems are explained as using the vocabulary of American Sign Language (ASL) with the grammatical and syntactical features of English. These systems include…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Communication Skills, Deafness, Decision Making
Peer reviewedMonteith, Mary K – Journal of Reading, 1980
Discusses background information about the deaf that may be useful to reading teachers working with older deaf students; suggests additional sources of information on sign language and reading instruction for the deaf. (MKM)
Descriptors: Adults, Deafness, Finger Spelling, Higher Education
