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Old 01-19-2008, 07:24 PM   #214 (permalink)
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Yes, I'm looking forward to seeing the results, as well. Bi-Bi does allow a child to access all the tools much in the same way that TC was designed to do. The main difference is that the L1 language is ASL, and the L2 language is English. In most TC programs, the language in the classroom was always English, even if it was supported through sign as in sim-com. Sweden has been using a more Bi-Bi approach for some time now. They have been acieving very good results in increasing literacy scores, so it makes me hopeful that we will see the same results here in the U.S. Shel;s program seems to be getting good results,particularly since so many of her students are language delayed.

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