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  2. Language acquisition by deaf children - Wikipedia

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    There is a wide range of ages at which deaf children exposed to a sign language and begin their acquisition process. Approximately 5% of deaf children acquire a sign language from birth from their deaf parents. [37] Deaf children with hearing parents often have a delayed process of sign language acquisition, beginning at the time when the ...

  3. Language exposure for deaf children - Wikipedia

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    Language exposure for children is the act of making language readily available and accessible during the critical period for language acquisition.Deaf and hard of hearing children, when compared to their hearing peers, tend to face barriers to accessing language when it comes to ensuring that they will receive accessible language during their formative years. [1]

  4. Manual babbling - Wikipedia

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    Manual babbling is a linguistic phenomenon that has been observed in deaf children and hearing children born to deaf parents who have been exposed to sign language. Manual babbles are characterized by repetitive movements that are confined to a limited area in front of the body similar to the sign-phonetic space used in sign languages.

  5. List of children's books featuring deaf characters - Wikipedia

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    The central character, Luke, is Deaf and uses sign language to communicate 5–7 yrs 2003 Lucy: Sally O. Lee The central character has single sided deafness. 2003 Moses Goes to a Concert: Isaac Millman The main character, who uses ASL to communicate, goes with his deaf classmates to see a concert, one of the musicians is also deaf. 58 yrs 2002

  6. Bilingual–bicultural education - Wikipedia

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    Having a basis of American Sign Language can benefit the acquisition of the English language. In fact, bilingual children show more development in cognitive, linguistic, and meta-linguistic processes than their monolingual peers. [2] 36% to 40% of residential and day schools for deaf students in the US report using Bi-Bi education programs. [3]

  7. LEAD-K - Wikipedia

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    The Language Equality and Acquisition for Deaf Kids (LEAD-K) campaign is a grassroots organization. Its mission is to work towards kindergarten readiness for deaf and hard-of-hearing children by promoting access to both American Sign Language (ASL) and English. [ 1 ]

  8. Sign language - Wikipedia

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    Madsen, Willard J. (1982), Intermediate Conversational Sign Language. Gallaudet University Press. ISBN 978-0-913580-79-0. O'Reilly, S. (2005). Indigenous Sign Language and Culture; the interpreting and access needs of Deaf people who are of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander in Far North Queensland. Sponsored by ASLIA, the Australian Sign ...

  9. American Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language [5] that serves as the predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone Canada. ASL is a complete and organized visual language that is expressed by employing both manual and nonmanual features . [ 6 ]