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There are 13 units in the ELF Series. One was developed in
Phase I. Twelve are being developed in Phase II. |
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Each of the units includes 10 service word concepts organized
around a theme and covering a service word category like
pronouns, adjectives, etc. |
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Unit 1: |
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Prepositions (developed in Phase I) |
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Unit 2: |
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Verbs I: Fun At The Farm |
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Unit 3: |
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Verbs II: Experience Books |
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Unit 4: |
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Verbs III: Making Hot Chocolate . . . Yum! |
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Unit 5: |
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Feeling Words: We Have Lots of Feelings! |
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Unit 6: |
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Adjectives I: Doing Laundry |
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Adjectives II: Dressing-up |
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Colors: Sponge Painting |
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Numbers: Fun With Numbers! |
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Pronouns: Getting Presents |
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To Be Verbs/Helper Verbs: Roller Skating |
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Adverbs: Toy Trains Are Fun! |
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Articles, Conjunctions, and Markers: We Like To Make Loud Music! |
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Each unit includes four sections: |
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Having Fun: The instructor introduces the unit and an activity focusing on the service words. Young children who are deaf are shown in real-life situations. |
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You Can Play With Me: This part of the unit features interactive animation and active child learning for each individual service word concept. |
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Which One?: The child's ability to relate the spoken or signed and graphic (animated) form of the service word concept to the print form is assessed. |
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Songs and Games: Delightful songs and games are used to review and summarize the concepts presented in the unit. An actress and deaf children participate. |
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The ELF Series is presented in three language versions: American Sign Language, Spoken English, and Manually Coded English (Signed English) to make the series as accessible as possible to young children with hearing loss. |
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According to a 2004 survey of schools and programs for the deaf in the U.S., 70% of these schools/programs had classes for children who used spoken English, 78% had classes for children who used sign and speech, and 56% had classes for children who used American Sign Language (ASL) (total percent is greater than 100% since many schools/programs had classes in both spoken and signed languages) (American Annals of the Deaf, 2004, Reference Issue). The availablity of the ELF Series in the three language versions assures the widest possible application. |
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The Phase I CD-ROM won a Telly Award, a nationally recognized competition that honors the finest of educational video and film products. |
