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I agree with you, shel & deafbajagal, on the TC. In TC programs from that time period. kids were exposed to confusing linguistic models. They got neither proper English models, nor proper ASL models. As a consequence, both their sign and their English was impoverished.
The researchers do disagree on timing, but it has been shown that children are quite capable of learning 2 languages at once. as in bilingual households where they are exposed to 2 or more languages at one time. One language, however, will usually become dominant over time.
The best way to explain the TC philosophy of the 70's and 80's was to use anything and everything. A little of this, and a little of that. Very electic. That electisim was the problem...no strong foundation in anything. It is one thing to use an integrative approach....quite another to use an electic approach.
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