‘Hate English! Why? . . .’ Signs and English from deaf children's perception. Results from a preliminary study of deaf children's experiences of sign bilingual education
✍ Scribed by Hilary Sutherland; Alys Young
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1464-3154
- DOI
- 10.1002/dei.227
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✦ Synopsis
To date, much information about Sign Bilingualism, 1 gleaned from parents and/or teachers, has been written from a strong hearing viewpoint. As deaf children should be the main benefi ciaries from a Sign Bilingual Education, 2 this project was designed to enable the children to recall their experiences and share their multi-aspect views with other deaf children and the deaf researcher. The children had opportunities to express themselves freely in their fi rst language, British Sign Language, using the deaf-centred prompting tools to inform/enlighten readers about their experiences of a Sign Bilingual journey.