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第 1 题
Dr Marilyn Daniels, a professor of speech communication at Pennsylvania State University and author of the book Dancing with Words: Signing for Hearing Children's Literacy, is at the forefront of this research. New research demonstrates that teaching such a sign language to babies who have no hearing problem improves their language skills as they develop.
Cutting-edge studies prove that imparting sign language to infants with normal hearing can enhance their ______ abilities as they mature.
第 2 题
In the United States, studying ASL is accepted as an alternative to studying a foreign language in high school in many states and in most colleges and universities. Why then would you not want to teach a hearing baby or child words that they could use later to help them in their academic pursuits?
In many US states, ASL study can replace ______ in high school.
第 3 题
All languages are actually stored in the left side of the brain, but when babies learn sign language both the right side and the left side are used. This is a wonderful advantage because you are using both hemispheres of the brain, building more synapses in the brain.
The use of both brain sides when infants acquire sign language is a great merit, as it helps to develop additional brain ______.
第 4 题
The motor areas of the body mature sooner than the mouth and other language articulators, says Dr Daniels. This means that it is easier for children to learn and remember signs than it is for them to acquire fluency in either spoken or written language.
Dr Daniels points out that body motor regions develop earlier than oral and other speech-related organs, making sign learning and recollection simpler for kids than achieving linguistic ______ in speech or writing.
第 5 题
Deaf babies who are taught to speak still often have no language to use for thinking. All human beings need a language for communication with others, but they also need a language for thinking about things, for processing information.
Dr Daniels argues that deaf babies need a sign language for both communication and ______.
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