Vocabulary Instruction for the Development of American Sign Language in Young Deaf Children: An Investigation into Teacher Knowledge and Practice.

Vocabulary development is an essential linguistic component of later English literacy skills (National Reading Panel 2000). However, very few studies have addressed the promotion of vocabulary development in deaf children who are American Sign Language users (Luckner and Cooke 2010). Therefore, this...

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Published in:Sign Language Studies Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 238 - 266
Main Author: Pizzo, Lianna
Format: Article
Published: Gallaudet University Press for Sign Language Studies Winter2018
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