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Dee Twiss
Abstract: 

Language learning helps language learning. The more rich and varied the language experience we give deaf children, the more they can organise experiences into further language learning. Learning a language gets harder the older you get and young deaf children should communicate in the language that is most useful and accessible to them. Deaf communities in every generation and country have found signing allows them their most flexible and extensive language interaction.

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