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I hope no one minds that I've changed the subject line (thread) for my
response to Anny's posting.<br>
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The fact that Deaf people learn to read English at all, never ceases to
amaze me.<br>
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There seems to be "agreement" that there is a relationship between ASL
first language proficiency and the degree of English reading and
writing proficiency. With this in mind, I have few questions/comments.<br>
1. Are most Deaf children proficient in ASL when they start school? My
experience says NO!<br>
2. Do schools, then, provide a language acquisition environment for
those who are not? My experience says NO!<br>
3. Do schools hold off "trying to" teach English reading and writing to
Deaf children until they have ASL proficiency at least equal to the
English proficiency hearing children have when they are expected to
read their first language - English? My experience says NO!<br>
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So, there is "agreement". What are educators doing about it? Is this
"agreement" part of pedagogy developed for Deaf education? Sad to say,
my experience says NO!<br>
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odeeodee<br>
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Anne-Claude Prélaz Girod wrote:
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<pre wrap="">did you read Cecilia Flood thesis ?
that's a good start about how SW can bring self esteem....
I personnally don't have experience using SW with deaf children but I'm
profoundly convinced it can help them acquire litteracy in the oral
language... skills in sign language can help deaf children develop better
skill in the oral language
There are different works on bilingualism (nothing to do with SW BUT... )and
the advantage of developping good skills in SL in order to help chiuldren
develpop skills in their second language : did you read the different
articles of Philip Prinz and Mickael Strong US (I can find the article if
you are interested I should have it somewhere in my papers...)
Did you also read François Grosjean's works on bilingualism (university of
Neuchâtel, Switzerland)... (I have these document in my computer so I can
send them to you if you're interested... just have to check with François
(he used to be my teacher) if it's Ok for me to do so!!)
both works tend to show how important it is for deaf kids to develop good
skills in their first language (SL)....
I wrote a short text on using Sw to help deaf children develop litteracy...
but it's in french... (you can find it on the <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.signwriting.org/swiss">www.signwriting.org/swiss</a>...)
Hope it helped
Anny
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<pre wrap="">De : "Shane Gilchrist O hEorpa" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:shane.gilchrist.oheorpa@gmail.com"><shane.gilchrist.oheorpa@gmail.com></a>
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Date : Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:33:00 +0000
À : <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:SW-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">SW-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</a>
Objet : [sw-l] detailed argument for SignWriting to be used in Deaf Education
hi everyone,
sorry for not contributing in the past month - as much as I love you
all, work demands my fullest attention of lately!!!
as some of you know im one of the Trustees for the Deaf School here in
Belfast, im trying to put together a detailed argument why we should
teach sign-writing to deaf children in my School - perhaps you can
tell me why it is important for them to learn this - and for what
purposes?
Shane xx
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