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Thanks, Tousi. You are probably right and I'm sorry I got so excited. I do really like the philosophy, though, and I don't think it deserves automatic dismissal. I hope that even if it only exists in a few places and it's able to help a few more children learn that's better than nothing...

"The trouble is that ASLers approach English as a SECOND language." That's not the trouble! By approaching it as a second language, they can teach the rules of both languages along with how to separate them.

Read "Deaf-centric Teaching" by Cynthia Bailes, published in Lois Bragg's Deaf World. Or the chapters from A Journey into the Deaf-World by Lane, Hoffmeister, & Bahan about language & literacy and Bi-Bi. They really have a lot of evidence that at least shows that bi-bi is way better than TC...

I think you can teach in ASL, just make sure as you teach English you show how it is a different language. Teach ASL grammar, too, so they can see the difference.

It's where they teach ASL first as a natural language, then add English. The goal is to make everything completely accessible and encourage involvement, creativity, etc. It's taught by Deaf teachers or codas so they're good language models, and they teach how to separate ASL and English...

Hi, What do you think about bi-bi education? What do you know about it? I actually know quite a bit because I'm writing a reasearch paper about it (due wednesday . . . i'm such a slacker!). I wanted to know what you think, since all I know I've read in scholarly journals and from talking to...