MONCKS CORNER, SC (WCBD) — News 2’s morning anchor Octavia Mitchell got a lesson in sign language during her visit to next week’s Cool School of the Week. She met 7-year-old Sean Hufflin during ...

Millions of people use sign language, but the methods of teaching this complex and subtle skill haven’t evolved as quickly as those for written and spoken languages. SLAIT School aims to change that ...

Seven years later, children who start learning English in the first grade achieve poorer results in this subject than children whose first English lesson isn’t until the third grade. The researchers ...

So, you want to learn sign language on a budget. You could be motivated by a desire to understand deaf friends better, communicate with relatives who are hard of hearing, or express yourself after ...

WEST JORDAN, Utah — Silence dominates one classroom in the Jordan School District, and the teacher leading the class won’t have it any other way. Rae Boren teaches American Sign Language at Copper ...

Fourteen little hands wiggled in the air as teacher Kiara Yancy brought her thumb, pointer and middle finger close to her head. The American Sign Language educator placed her thumb on her ear and bent ...

I’ve published numerous posts over the years in which teachers of many content areas have shared their most effective lessons. In this series, it’s time for teachers of English/language-learner ...

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