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Originally Posted by faire_jour
But it only works in conjunction with spoken language. In my experience the parents who "cue" believe that it is a bridge to spoken language. They believe that some day they will be able to stop using CS and have the children function using only listening and speechreading.
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Exactly. It is a tool to promote oralism. It could be used as a tool in teaching English for literacy, although there is no evidence that it actually increases literacy rates. It could also be used in conjunction with ASL, as loml as pointed out. But could be and is are two different situations. The fact of the matter is, CS is not used along with ASL in the academic or the social setting. It is used instead of. Just as oral language only is used instead of ASL and English as in a bi-bi atmposphere.