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Originally Posted by shel90
Yea, it makes sense cuz I teach first grade and my student's ASL development are that of a 3 to 4 year old and I have to teach them English in print in which they are not ready to make that transition but by law, I have to follow the 1st grade curriculm. I do make several modification to meet their language needs but the state and the laws dont recongize the need for a specialized curriculm. Most of my students came to my school at the age of 3 to 4 with no language. I asked the speech specialist at my school about cued speech and they said the students' L1 languages is not strong enough for cued speech.  |
Yeah, a lot of it has to do with developmental issues. And if your 3 or 4 year old hasn't fot language at all, then they couldn't possible be ready to make that shift. However, if the same 3 or 4 year old had been exposed to sign fromthe time they were say, 9 months old, they would be ready to make that shift because they have an understanding of language as symbols.