Early Language Development of the Deaf and Its Relation to Foreign Language Learning

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FONIOKOVÁ Zuzana SEDLÁČKOVÁ Jitka

Year of publication 2012
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Proceedings of the Conference Universal Learning Design, Linz 2012
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Support Centre for Students with Special Needs

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Field Linguistics
Keywords deaf; Deaf; english; language learning
Description The paper deals with the complicated nature of mother tongue of the deaf and the impact this has on their foreign language learning. Different approaches to mother tongue acquisition will be summarized, and the influence of age and language input on the process will be explained in the context of the linguistic situation of the deaf who often grow up with two languages. The effect of an already acquired language on learning other languages will also be mentioned. Finally, the paper will relate these issues to the linguistic situation of the deaf and apply its conclusions to teaching foreign languages to the deaf.
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