Words More Powerful than Sound.

Daniels, Marilyn

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ERIC Number: EJ489604

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Words More Powerful than Sound.

Daniels, Marilyn

Sign Language Studies, v83 p156-66 Sum 1994

Some 76 hearing children in prekindergarten classes, half receiving sign instruction and half not, were tested on English vocabulary acquisition. Children who received the sign instruction scored significantly higher on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test than children receiving sign instruction. (Contains 15 references.) (Author/LB)

Descriptors: American Sign Language, Child Language, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, English, Language Acquisition, Preschool Children, Second Language Learning, Testing, Vocabulary Development

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test

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