DVOJEZIČNO OBRAZOVANJE GLUHE DJECE
BILINGUAL EDUCATION OF DEAF CHILDREN

Summary/Abstract: This paper considers theoretical, as well as some practical aspects of bilingual education of deaf children: the main research results in the area of bilingualism in hearing people (definitions and types of bilingualism, language development in bilingual children, advantages of bilingualism), the onset of the idea of sign bilingualism, the application of bilingual models to sign bilingualism, differences between bilingualism of hearing and deaf children, cultural aspects of sign bilingualism, principles of bilingual education of deaf children, as well as itspractical aspects during the preschool and school period.

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