Teaching ASL fingerspelling to second-language learners: Explicit versus implicit phonetic training

Geer, Leah C.

doi:10.1075/sll.19.2.07gee

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Teaching ASL fingerspelling to second-language learners

Explicit versus implicit phonetic training

Leah C. Geer | California State University, Sacramento

Published online: 14 April 2017

https://doi.org/10.1075/sll.19.2.07gee

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