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- Title
A limitation on reading as a source of linguistic input: Evidence from deaf learners.
- Authors
Bochner, Joseph H.; Bochner, Anne M.
- Abstract
This paper identifies a general limitation on printed text as a source of input for language acquisition. The paper contends that printed material can only serve as a source of linguistic input to the extent that the learner is able to make use of phonological information in reading. Focusing on evidence from the acquisition of spoken language and literacy skills in deaf individuals, the paper explains why print is not an adequate source of input for language acquisition in learners with limited phonological knowledge of a spoken language.
- Subjects
READING; LINGUISTIC input; PHONOLOGICAL decoding; LANGUAGE acquisition; DEAFNESS
- Publication
Reading in a Foreign Language, 2009, Vol 21, Issue 2, p143
- ISSN
0264-2425
- Publication type
Article