The importance of morphemic awareness to reading achievement and the potential of signing morphemes to supporting reading development

The ability to access and understand the meaning of multi-morphemic words is essential for age-appropriate literacy growth as well as for achievement in other participants, such as science and social studies, which are so print-dependent. This paper provides a theoretical basis for focusing on the morphology of English when teaching students who are deaf or hard of hearing to read through a review of the literature on the role of morphology in reading for both hearing students and those with a hearing loss. In addition, the authors review the empirical literature on Signing Exact English (SEE), a system of signing English constructed in which the morphology of words is made visible to children who might not be able to hear them. The authors propose that students' use of SEE can provide a bridge to developing the morphemic awareness so necessary for age-appropriate reading development and achievement.     

Mode of communication, perceived level of understanding, and perceived quality of life in youth who are deaf or hard of hearing

Given the important role of parent-youth communication in adolescent well-being and quality of life, we sought to examine the relationship between specific communication variables and youth perceived quality of life in general and as a deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) individual. A convenience sample of 230 youth (mean age = 14.1, standard deviation = 2.2; 24% used sign only, 40% speech only, and 36% sign + speech) was surveyed on communication-related issues, generic and DHH-specific quality of life, and depression symptoms. Higher youth perception of their ability to understand parents' communication was significantly correlated with perceived quality of life as well as lower reported depressive symptoms and lower perceived stigma. Youth who use speech as their single mode of communication were more likely to report greater stigma associated with being DHH than youth who used both speech and sign. These findings demonstrate the importance of youths' perceptions of communication with their parents on generic and DHH-specific youth quality of life.     

以90后视角写青春之作

我经常收到一些读者投稿,作文前面往往附着自我简介之类的资料,这些文字往往很有灵气,就是家常话也给人一种很亲切的感觉。比如,有个同学爆料她的家庭,说爸爸生意失败,一家人过得很苦,后来爸爸振作精神去跑运输,又出了车祸。妹妹不太听话,吃     

11大周星驰头号接班人 揪出来

周星驰了不得,一个人就能把千千万万男女老少逗得前仰后合稀里哗啦。不过,浩瀚搞笑天地,老是靠一人撑着顶着扛着玩着也实在难为他。偏偏他又喜欢孤身作战,老没下决心培养接班人,将周氏搞笑风采有计划有方向地传播延续下去。我等看在眼里,急在心里,特地为星爷苦心搜罗11位头号接班人,请无厘头掌门人尽早留心考察这些人选,争取在明年此时师徒并肩搞笑,星光DOUBLE灿烂!     

道之道秘笈

<终极蜘蛛人>超级实用秘技 　　在游戏过程中暂停,进入Controller Set-up菜单然后输入: 　　全漫画:左左右左上左左下 　　全人物:右下右下左上左右 　　全地标:上右下左下上右左 　　全部概念图:下下下上下上左左……     

育人先育心

“我1966年毕业于师范学院。但教书的时间不长,因为我被选举为共青团区委第一书记。我记得区党委的一位同志当时对我说:你是教师,共青团工作嘛,跟学校工作是同一回事,主要的是育人。“我已经当了五个月的书记。我区地处农村,学生团员几乎占百分之七十。困难不少。我有时参加会,有时跟青年男女交谈,发现他们对讨论和决定的事情压根儿无所     

自学单元程序教材介绍:化学键(二)

伸展在晶格内的离子键很强,因此从晶格中移走离子是困难的。由于这个原因,离子型化合物具有较高的熔点和沸点。存在于共价型固体或液体中的分子间的作用力没有这样强(除1～2例外),使分子聚集在一起的作用力布遍于固体中也是不强的。考虑下列的气化热:     

Diversity of Gram negative bacteria antagonistic against major pathogens of rice from rice seed in the tropic environment

INTRODUCTIONRiceseedharborsadozenofplantpathogen icbacteria (Gotoetal.,1 988;Xieetal.,1 998) .Thebacterialpathogenscausearangeofricediseases,someverydestructivewhileothershavenoeffectonricecropgrowth .Inthisstudy ,wefoundalargenumberofbacteriaasso ciatedw…     

Genetic influences in different aspects of language development: the etiology of language skills in 4.5-year-old twins

The genetic and environmental etiologies of diverse aspects of language ability and disability, including articulation, phonology, grammar, vocabulary, and verbal memory, were investigated in a U.K. sample of 787 pairs of 4.5-year-old same-sex and opposite-sex twins. Moderate genetic influence was found for all aspects of language in the normal range. A similar pattern was found at the low end of the distribution with the exception of two receptive measures. Environmental influence was mainly due to nonshared factors, unique to the individual, with little influence from shared environment for most measures. Genetic and environmental influences on language ability and disability are quantitatively and qualitatively similar for males and females.     

关注MBA毕业生就业

每年此时。众多毕业生将走出校园.开始在事业道路上的寻找、探索与追求。为此.本刊编辑部推出国外有关MBA毕业生的专题文章,希望能给中国的读者。尤其是即将走上工作岗位的读者一些借鉴。