Emergent literacy of deaf children.
This article reviews the literature on emergent literacy in young deaf children, focusing on the nature and course of both emergent reading and emergent writing. Beginning with definitions and background information concerning emergent literacy as a field of study, it examines instructional approaches that support emergent literacy learning. The review of the literature is organized into four major sections that reflect the body of work to date. The article concludes with an eye toward the future of emergent literacy in pedagogy, theory, and research.
Literacy Education, University of Cincinnati, OH 45221-0002, USA. cheri.williams@uc.edu
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D002648:Child; D002663:Child Language; D002675:Child, Preschool; D060345:Education of Persons with Hearing Disabilities; D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D011932:Reading; D014706:Verbal Learning; D014956:Writing