The role of pinyin and fingerspelling systems in Chinese deaf education: hearing educators' perspectives.
Multiple studies have linked fingerspelling to literacy learning for deaf students in the US [Padden, C., & Ramsey, C. (2000). American Sign Language and reading ability in deaf children. In C. Chamberlain, J. P. Morford, & R. I. Mayberry (Eds.), Language acquisition by eye (pp. 165–189). Lawrence E...
| Publicado en: | Deafness & Education International Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 367 - 390 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2025
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