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Download full textWilcox, Sherman; Peyton, Joy Kreeft – 1999
This digest provides a brief overview of American Sign Language (ASL) and discusses its study as a foreign language in U.S. schools and institutions of higher education. The following questions are addressed: (1) Is ASL a language?; (2) If ASL is used in the United States, how can it be considered a "foreign" language; (3) Are ASL users…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements
Peyton, Joy Kreeft – Teaching English to Deaf and Second-Language Students, 1988
Explores how the ENFI (Electronic Networks for Interaction) computer method for teaching written English to deaf students can help these students bridge the gap between conversational and written language forms, and between the use of two different languages. (CB) (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on Literacy Education)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Deafness, English (Second Language)
