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Originally Posted by Dr. Strangelove
For me to accept a hearing person to teach ASL, they will have to impress me greatly, and strongly refrain from using their voices at all in class.
It is rare for a hearing person to be truly qualified to teach ASL. I know a lot of hearing people teach ASL, and its not truly ASL, I've met some 'teachers' of ASL who signed in SEE. I wished and KNEW I could take their job right then and there, but I need a degree first.
Just ask yourselves this.. Would the ASL department at Gallaudet University, the world's leading authority on ASL EVER hire a hearing person to teach ASL/Deaf Studies? I strongly say no. It would be a SLAP IN THE FACE to the deaf students of Gallaudet. Anywhere else is different.
Edit: Cued speech? what the hell?
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All of my ASL teachers at Arizona State University (4 of them) were deaf.