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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971598203321

Autore

Daniels Marilyn

Titolo

Dancing with Words : Signing for Hearing Children's Literacy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, : ABC-CLIO, 2000

ISBN

9786612573071

9781282573079

1282573071

9780313390111

0313390118

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Disciplina

419/.0973

Soggetti

American Sign Language

Language acquisition

Language arts (Elementary)

Literacy

Sign language

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I: Getting Started; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Sign Language; Chapter 3 Reading; Part II: Research; Chapter 4 My Studies with Typical Students; Chapter 5 Reactions of the Participants; Chapter 6 Other Researchers' Studies with Typical Students; Chapter 7 Children with Special Needs; Chapter 8 Inclusive Programs; Part III: Theory; Chapter 9 Why It Works; Part IV: Doing It; Chapter 10 In the School; Chapter 11 In the Home; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

One of the foremost authorities on the use of sign language with hearing children provides a guide for teachers and parents who want to introduce signing in hearing children's language development. Marilyn Daniels provides a complete explanation for its use, a short history of sign language and its primary role within the Deaf community, an identification of the steps to reading success delineated with suggestions for incorporating sign language, and finally the results of



studies and reactions of children, teachers, and parents. She shows how sign language can be used to improve hearing child