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Peer reviewedAndrews, Jean F.; Akamatsu, C. Tane – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1993
Suggestions are offered for teaching young children with hearing impairments to read and write. The strategies emphasize the importance of making the sign-to-print relationship explicit, helping children understand that there is not always perfect sign-to-word correlation, increasing students' metalinguistic knowledge, and building comprehension.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Hearing Impairments, Literacy Education, Metalinguistics
