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Stewart, David A.; Lee, Barbara B. – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1987
Principles of using Cued Speech with deaf children are discussed. Review of the literature suggests that Cued Speech has been unjustly criticized. Cued speech should be seen not as a method of communication, but rather as an intervention tool with application for both aural-oral and Total Communication programs. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Cued Speech, Deafness, Educational Methods
Peer reviewedStewart, David A. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1993
This paper discusses the role of American Sign Language (ASL) in educating deaf children, based on the history of using manually coded English (MCE). The paper concludes that use of ASL should not be the ultimate goal of bilingual bicultural programs, and, in some classrooms, the optimal program will be complementary use of ASL and MCE. (JDD)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingual Education, Deafness, Educational History
Download full textStewart, David A.; And Others – 1989
The paper addresses problems teachers of the severely hearing impaired have in being bimodal (speech plus signs) English role models as well as in using American Sign Language. The project described in this paper centers around inservice training and in-class demonstrations of the use of a modified form of Signed English to provide a visual…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Communication Skills, Deafness, Demonstration Programs
Peer reviewedStewart, David A. – Journal of Special Education, 1992
This paper proposes new policies which stress making explicit the roles of sign communication and speech in total communication programs for students with hearing impairments. A review of the literature supports the need to redefine total communication, provide improved preservice and in-service training of teachers in effective communication…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments, Inservice Teacher Education
Stewart, David A. – 1989
A 4-year demonstration Total Communication Project was implemented at three schools (an elementary, a middle, and a high school) serving hearing impaired students. The goal of the project was for the six participating teachers to become consistent in their role modeling of English and American Sign Language (ASL), through weekly inservice on ASL…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingual Education, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills
Stewart, David A.; And Others – 1990
This literature review examines selected variables that may influence teachers' ability to read books to preschool and elementary deaf children in total communication programs. The paper explores the role of signs in reading stories and factors influencing the signability of stories, including reading rate, length of sentences, length of text used…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Classroom Techniques, Deafness, Difficulty Level
