{"product_id":"language-is-a-right-bilingual-education-sign-language-and-steam-for-deaf-academic-empowerment-9798250499330","title":"Language Is a Right: Bilingual Education, Sign Language, and STEAM for Deaf Academic Empowerment","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Pedro Antônio de França | Leandro Maturo de França\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Teacher \u0026amp; Student Mentoring\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLanguage Is a Right\u003cbr\u003eA Global Framework for Bilingual Education and STEAM in Deaf Learning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA child can sit in a classroom for years...\u003cbr\u003eand still never truly access education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAround the world, deaf students are physically present in schools, yet linguistically excluded from full academic participation. Lessons are delivered. Content is explained. Standards are maintained.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut without language, knowledge does not arrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Is a Right\u003c\/b\u003e confronts one of the most persistent structural failures in global education: the confusion between inclusion and access.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book argues that the central issue in deaf education is not ability - it is linguistic coherence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Sign Language is recognized as a natural and structured first language (L1), and when the national written language is intentionally taught as a second language (L2), educational transformation becomes possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrounded in classroom practice and aligned with international human rights principles, this work presents a globally applicable framework that integrates: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eBilingual education for deaf students\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eVisual modality as cognitive structure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eSTEAM methodology as pedagogical amplifier\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstitutional responsibility and policy alignment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHigh academic expectations without simplification\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy articulating language rights with Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics, the book demonstrates how experimentation, project-based learning, and visual organization can dismantle linguistic barriers and foster true academic agency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a manual of accommodation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a call for linguistic justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is an invitation to move beyond symbolic inclusion toward structured, intentional, and globally coherent educational practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor educators, school leaders, researchers, and policymakers committed to equitable innovation, \u003cb\u003eLanguage Is a Right\u003c\/b\u003e offers both conceptual depth and practical direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe future of education cannot be technologically advanced and linguistically exclusionary at the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLanguage is a right.\u003cbr\u003eEducation must reflect that truth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47592821457047,"sku":"9798250499330","price":1267.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798250499330.webp?v=1774979447","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/language-is-a-right-bilingual-education-sign-language-and-steam-for-deaf-academic-empowerment-9798250499330","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}