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Old 11-09-2007, 07:44 AM   #39 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by deafbajagal View Post
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.
Couldn't agree with you more. These are the kids that can speak as a parrot speaks....they can repeat. But their critical thinking skills are impaired by their stunted langauge development.
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