Citizenship and Sign Bilingualism: '... There is Nothing Wrong with Being Bilingual ... it's a Positive and Fantastic Thing!'
The issue of the education of deaf children is addressed in relation to citizenship and sign bilingualism. Citizenship is a contested concept and those who advocate a sign bilingual approach use the discourse of citizenship when arguing for the value of their method, but so too do other approaches....
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Veröffentlicht in: | Deafness & education international 2007-12, Vol.9 (4), p.173-186 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The issue of the education of deaf children is addressed in relation to citizenship and sign bilingualism. Citizenship is a contested concept and those who advocate a sign bilingual approach use the discourse of citizenship when arguing for the value of their method, but so too do other approaches. The sign bilingual approach may benefit from a deeper exposition of the ways in which the concept of citizenship is being shaped, particularly by revealing the phonocentric nature of citizenship and the non-statist values of sign bilingualism. Citizenship, however, does not inevitably have to be phonocentric; sign bilingualism can draw on the concept of social justice to pursue the case for a holistic approach to the education of deaf children. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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ISSN: | 1464-3154 1557-069X |
DOI: | 10.1179/146431507790559923 |