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Publication Date: 1986
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Conceptual Sign Language Acquisition by Spanish-Speaking Parents of Hearing-Impaired Children.
Christensen, Kathee M.
American Annals of the Deaf, v131 n4 p285-87 Oct 1986
Spanish-speaking families (N=58) of deaf children participated in a two-year televised trilingual (Spanish, English, and Sign Language) class through the project "A Mass Media Approach to Sign Language Instruction for Spanish-Speaking Parents of Deaf Children." Evaluation revealed that over 85 percent demonstrated positive change in receptive and expressive sign language ability. (CB)
Descriptors: Deafness, Educational Television, Expressive Language, Instructional Effectiveness, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Education, Parent Participation, Receptive Language, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Sign Language, Skill Development, Spanish Speaking
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Language: English
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