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English
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"An investigation into the science of hearing, child language acquisition, neuroplasticity, brain development, and Deaf culture spurred by Lydia Denworth's discovery that her son couldn't hear her lullabies and the family's life-altering decision to give him a cochlear implant. Lydia Denworth's third son, Alex, was almost two when he was diagnosed with profound and progressive hearing loss. As both a science writer and the mother of young children,...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Now in its 4th edition, How Languages are Learned is highly valued for the way it relates language acquisition theory to classroom teaching and learning and draws practical implications from the research for the language classroom. How Languages are Learned is widely-used as a reference book on teacher training courses, and for new and experienced practicing teachers. This prize-winning, readable introduction to research in language acquisition is...
Author
Publisher
British Library
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
English is spoken or written today by one-third of the world's population--an unprecedented achievement for a language. How has this situation come about? And what happens to a language when it is used by so many? In this illustrated history David Crystal charts the development of the language from the earliest runic inscriptions in Old English, through the emergence of a standard variety of English between 1400 and 1800, to the most modern forms...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"We gravitate toward people like us; it's human nature. Race, class, and gender affect this social identity, but one overlooked factor can be even more powerful: the way we speak. As pioneering psychologist Katherine Kinzler reveals in How You Say It, that's because our speech largely reflects the voices we heard as children. We can change how we speak to some extent, whether by "code-switching" between dialects or learning a new language. But for...
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Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
What if your baby could "talk" to you before he or she could actually speak? Sign Babies creator Nancy Cadjan brings years of expertise to Baby Signing 1-2-3, teaching you her unique and easy way of learning baby signing through rich illustrations. Baby Signing 1-2-3 provides specific signs and techniques for different age ranges, so you know how to work best with baby at each stage of development. Packed full of pictures that show and explain each...
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Are you raising your child bilingually, or planning to do so in the future, but are unsure how to proceed? Using a question-and-answer format, this practical and reassuring guide will enable you to make informed decisions about how to raise your child with two or more languages. To grow up bilingually is a necessity or an opportunity for more children today than ever before. However, parents are frequently uncertain about what to do, or even fear...
Series
Signing time! volume 4
Publisher
Two Little Hands Productions
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
English
Description
Teaches American Sign Language signs. Combines signing children and infants, animation and music, and an adult to model each sign. Teaches babies to sign before they can speak. Includes signs for home, family, brother, sister, grass, rain, tree, coat, excited, surprised, love, and many more.
Publisher
Baby Hands Productions
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Gives parents and babies the ability to bridge the gap between the time a baby can communicate with his/her hands and the time a baby can speak. This video includes some of the first words that are most loved by babies, focusing on objects and events that babies are naturally attracted to, such as "book,""car," "cat," "drink," "eat," "go," "milk," and more
Publisher
Two Little Hands Productions
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
English
Description
Teaches 30 American Sign Language signs. Combines signing children and infants, animation and music, and an adult to model each sign. Teaches babies to sign before they can speak. Includes sign concepts like friend, play, please, thank you, etc.
Publisher
Two Little Hands Productions
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Play, sing, and sign along with Signing Time while learning American Sign Language. Join Alex, Leah, their frog Hopkins, and Signing Time's Rachel Coleman for lots of signing fun. Volume seven teaches signs for farm animals and pets.
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In recent years, the intersection of cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, and neuroscience with regard to deaf individuals has received increasing attention from a variety of academic and educational audiences. Both research and pedagogy have addressed questions about whether deaf children learn in the same ways that hearing children learn, how signed languages and spoken languages might affect different aspects of cognition and cognitive...
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