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Children strive to combine English, Spanish and sign language

Every day at Frankford Elementary School in Delaware, a group of students and teachers face a linguistic challenge—combining English, Spanish and American Sign Language into one cohesive unit. For students like second grader Andy Macedo, dealing with all three languages is a daily chore. Born deaf to a Hispanic family, Macedo is like several other local students attempting to discover their own form of communication. Read how the school is meeting this challenge in this article from The News Journal of Wilmington.

Posted by Steve Groft on 24 May 2007 in Language Learners , Special Needs

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