‘It will make more people feel included if they can talk to them in their first language’: The experience of university students with an intellectual disability engaging in a formal Irish Sign Language Course
(2021)
Journal Article
Spassiani, N. A., Clince, M., & Ó Murchadha, N. (2021). ‘It will make more people feel included if they can talk to them in their first language’: The experience of university students with an intellectual disability engaging in a formal Irish Sign Language Course. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 49(4), 467-474. https://doi.org/10.1111/bld.12417
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Learning a second language can provide people with more opportunities to be included in society. For example, they could have more opportunities for employment, social activities and travel.
However, people with intelle...
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