Comments on: How Do Deaf Children Learn Sign Language? http://easysignlanguagelessons.com/how-do-deaf-children-learn-sign-language/ Learn Sign Language Lessons Easily and FREE Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:34:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Alicia http://easysignlanguagelessons.com/how-do-deaf-children-learn-sign-language/comment-page-1/#comment-2604 Alicia Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:12:44 +0000 http://easysignlanguagelessons.com/how-do-deaf-children-learn-sign-language/#comment-2604 Deaf children learn sign language the exact same way hearing children learn spoken language. Hearing children learn spoken language by hearing and interacting with those around them. Deaf children learn signing language by seeing and interacting with those around them. The process is almost exactly the same. The only difference is that sign can be acquired sooner and much faster then spoken languages. I know a 5th generation Deaf 22 month old - he has more language then any hearing children his age. He also knows all the letters of the alphabet in English and can read about 8 words. His first words were at 5 months of age. Deaf children learn sign language the exact same way hearing children learn spoken language.

Hearing children learn spoken language by hearing and interacting with those around them.

Deaf children learn signing language by seeing and interacting with those around them.

The process is almost exactly the same. The only difference is that sign can be acquired sooner and much faster then spoken languages.

I know a 5th generation Deaf 22 month old - he has more language then any hearing children his age. He also knows all the letters of the alphabet in English and can read about 8 words. His first words were at 5 months of age.

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