Putting Print into Context to Help Deaf Children Read.

Finnegan, Margaret H.

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ERIC Number: EJ380160

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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Putting Print into Context to Help Deaf Children Read.

Finnegan, Margaret H.

Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, v7 n1 p6-9 Sep-Oct 1988

Deaf children need reading programs which emphasize comprehension of meaning rather than syntax and grammar. Successful reading programs can emerge when reading is viewed as a highly social experience, reading materials are meaningful and highly contextualized, and semantic processing in American Sign Language is used to assist reading in English. (JDD)

Descriptors: American Sign Language, Beginning Reading, Deafness, Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Language Experience Approach, Program Effectiveness, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Social Experience, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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