Interactive Media to Support Language Acquisition for Deaf Students

i-manager s Journal on School Educational TechnologyPublished 15 August 2009

Becky Sue Parton, Robert Hancock, MindyCrain-Dorough, Jeff Oescher

DOI10.26634/jsch.5.1.229

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The authors developed a prototype called LAMBERT (Language Acquisition Manipulatives Blending Early-childhood Research and Technology), designed specifically for Deaf children who often need additional exposure to language since the majority of their parents are hearing and not fluent in American Sign Language.

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