... symbols make contact with their meanings through the spoken language. The other method, sometimes called the whole word method, emphasizes "learning a direct connection between the written word, as a pattern, and the meaning for which it stands" (Crowder, 1992). The text acknowledges that children, who have been hearing impaired ... technique had four steps. First, the teacher summarized a three-page fable and signed it to the students in American Sign Language (ASL). Second, the student read the printed English text of the fable from a book. Third, the pupil retold all s/he could rememb...

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