Bilingual- bicultural programmes are premised upon
A) use of cochlear implants and other technical devices.
B) speech being essential for deaf students to negotiate their way through school.
C) ASL being the natural language of the deaf community.
D) teachers having sign language mastery.
E) deaf children acquiring sign vocabulary slower than a hearing child acquires the spoken word.

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Bilingual-bicultural programs are based on the premise that American Sign Language (ASL) is the natural language of the deaf community, and these programs aim to teach deaf students using ASL as the primary language of instruction.

Bilingual- Bicultural Programmes Are Premised Upon