Early Literacy Development in Deaf Children (Perspectives on Deafness)

Mayer, Connie; Trezek, Beverly J.

ISBN 10: 0199965692 / ISBN 13: 9780199965694

Published by Oxford University Press OUP, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Early Literacy Development in Deaf Children (Perspectives on Deafness)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press OUP
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199965692
• ISBN 13: 9780199965694
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In Early Literacy Development in Deaf Children, Connie Mayer and Beverly J. Trezek provide an in-depth, evidence-based description of how young deaf children learn to read and write, with a model of literacy development that makes clear links between theory and practice.

About the Author

Connie Mayer is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at York University in Toronto, and the academic coordinator of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Teacher Education Program. Her current research focuses on written language and literacy development in deaf learners, early literacy and early intervention, cochlear implantation, bilingualism, and models of teacher education.

Beverly J. Trezek is Associate Professor of Special Education and the co-director of the Reading Specialist Program at DePaul University in Chicago. Her research interests focus on reading instruction for beginning and struggling readers, with a particular emphasis on investigating the role that phonemic awareness and phonics play in the development of literacy skills for deaf students.