Marc Carter asked "A side question: .....[snip] that people who grow up speaking ASL exclusively tend not to read at the usual (age, peer, etc.) level. ASL is far more spatial than spoken (or written) language, and something about that spatial character generates differences in the way language is processed.
Does anyone know if that's been confirmed? I don't recall reading any more than the one report, and that was in the popular media." It is my understanding that the ASL-only students do have a harder time learning written English. However, I don't know that the problem is necessarily linked to ASL being a spatial language. It is simply the fact that ASL and English are DIFFERENT languages. Imagine if we were to do the equivilant to hearing children: this would be like having English speaking children enter first grade and to start teaching them to write in French instead of English (and NOT making French available in its spoken form). -Lenore Frigo [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
