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From:
Joe Martin Date: Thu Feb 11, 1999 3:26 am Subject: Re: Children Learning SignWriting | |
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Well, pinning down what an infant comprehends is pretty tough for the researcher--but, yeah, that seems to be the case. :-) On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Valerie Sutton wrote: > I am curious about research on comprehension...does this mean that the > signing babies and the speaking babies both have the same comprehension at > the same age, but the signing babies can express themselves sooner because > of motor skills, and the hearing babies are frustrated and have to wait > longer to express their understanding through speech? Is it only the > physical that is holding them back, or is comprehension of speech learned > later, and comprehension of signing learned sooner? > > I just wondered if comprehension of a signed language might be sooner > because of its visual nature? > > Valerie ':-) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Valerie Sutton at the DAC > Deaf Action Committee for SW > > SignWriting > > https://www.SignWriting.org > > Center For Sutton Movement Writing > an educational nonprofit organization > Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > |
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