Word: bienvenu
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...from picking up ASL. Northeastern's Lane talks grimly of their "drowning in the mainstream." Total communication, which asked teachers to sign ASL and speak English simultaneously, although once popular, seems in decline. Cued speech, essentially lipreading enhanced with explanatory gestures, has a small group of enthusiastic backers. Even Bienvenu champions "bilingual- bicultural" education (Bi-Bi), which uses signing as a foundation toward "English as a second language...