Recent content by joshy2328

Something to help....hope it does. World federation of the Deaf Deaf Society ie clubs, gatherings Pick hearing associations aswell, and compare them with Deaf associations. They are looking at linguistic, political, audiological and social aspects of Deaf associations, and how...

i was raised english and NZSL (mother is Deaf and father hearing) I had problems growing up. Teachers thought i had a learning disability but it was because i spoke in SL

Yes very good question. I know that NZ is not as cut and dry as USA concerning sign. Things are growing slowly and for the better. NZSL is an official language in NZ and intoduced into our school curriculum. I think parents and government needs to wake up and smell the bloody coffee. Of...

wow!!! So did you have a question, or you do want to know what we think?

jilllio, you are so learn-ED, how is this? your comments are really helpful, even though i am a CODA, there are so many things I could learn off you to help me get through my interpreting course.

I agree,

I know several NON-CODAs that are very good, some that are better than CODAS. I think it depends on how hard your willing to work, how much involvement you have with Deaf....stuff like that

amen

Same here, I find myself CODE switching unconciously, I should try using my own langauge level when writing things down. For the people that do it conciously, are they right to do so?

Family Dispersion There are overwhelming issues that many Deaf people share in New Zealand. Such issues were raised when five individuals shared their experiences at the “Deaf Life Panel.” These people are Deaf and all had something to say about family and how tough it was to have family...

Do you think It is okay to write letters,sms,emails etc in the same language as the reciever or keep the level of english normally? For example, I am writing a formal email to a friend. The friends level of english is lower than mine because the strong influence of sign language...

Hi my name is Josh and I am a CODA. I am also in my 1st year of NZSL interpreting course. Although I am from New Zealand, It is my assumption that Deaf communities are the same all over the world, more particular, America (english speaking country) and NZ are very similar as to your...

Wow they are awsome sites, thank thank thanks

Yip New Zealand Sign Language. Oh kool thanks ill have a loook now

I likw yagamiester and redbull