Acquiring English as a second language via print: The task for deaf children

TL;DR: The findings indicate that recitation skills in young deaf children can be supported through interventions utilizing ASL rhyme and rhythm supplemented with ASL phonological awareness activities.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that the social and school situation is not yet resolved satisfactorily for children with CIs and Habilitation focusing on spoken language skills and better sound environment may improve social interactions with peers and overall school functioning.

TL;DR: Puzzling out graphic codes is a discussion about the nature of graphic codes and their relationship to spoken language. The author argues that graphic codes are codes, not visual art or a byproduct of spoken language. They derive their expressive power from their relationship to spoken language rather than iconicity. The author proposes three solutions to the puzzle of ideography and argues that the "standardization account" is the most promising solution.

TL;DR: In this article, an exploratory reading intervention using ASL stories, some with no visual handshape rhymes and others with hand shape rhymes, to foster English print vocabulary was evaluated.

TL;DR: Lakoff and Johnson as mentioned in this paper suggest that these basic metaphors not only affect the way we communicate ideas, but actually structure our perceptions and understandings from the beginning, and they offer an intriguing and surprising guide to some of the most common metaphors and what they can tell us about the human mind.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented a series of lectures with the following topics: Lecture I * Lecture II* Lecture III * Lectures IV* Lectures V * LectURE VI * LectURES VI * LII * LIII * LIV * LVI * LIX

TL;DR: Langs, then, presents strategies which teachers might use to teach on the trans-cultural field of discourse which Gumperz helps us to understand.

TL;DR: Langs as discussed by the authors presents strategies which teachers might use to teach on the trans-cultural field of discourse which Gumperz helps us to understand, and these strategies can help teachers to tailor their actions from day to day to the extent of their evolving understanding of this field.