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Old 11-07-2007, 08:33 PM   #37 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jillio View Post
And yet we still have people insisting that sign will prohibit the development of spoken language, and the scary thing is, someof these people are the very ones that parents look to for accurate information so they can make informed decisions regarding their children!
YES! As a teacher, this is VERY FRUSTRATING to me that some "experts" are telling the parents that signing prohibits the students from learning to speak. How can kids learn to speak if they have no language skills?

Sorry. Had to vent.
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