LeviathanC

Have anyone had used the sign language called Total Communication before? I have been do that before since I was little.

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OldNavyGirl

yup seen that sign before yet i dont use that sign much

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VamPyroX

What is that?

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BostonIceFire

HUH.. what is that?

LeviathanC

WTF??? You don't know what it means...? How shame you are.

Here what it means:

Total communication (TC), a term coined by Roy Holcomb in 1967, is the title of a philosophy of communication, not a method (Scouten, 1984). Total communication may involve one or several modes of communication (manual, oral, auditory, and written), depending on the particular needs of the child. The original expectation of TC was for teachers to use the communication method(s) most appropriate for a particular child at a particular stage of development. Therefore, there would be situations when spoken communication might be appropriate, other situations where signing might be appropriate, others that would call for written communication, and still others where simultaneous communication might work best (Solit, Taylor & Bednarczyk, 1992).

Total communication seemed to be the bridge that allowed a crossover from an oral-only philosophy to a philosophy that embraced sign language. During the 1970's and 1980's most schools and programs for children who are deaf, as well as most major organizations in the field supported the TC philosophy. Today, although the debate seems to be between TC programs and bilingual-bicultural programs, "simultaneous communication is the most common form of communication used in educational settings for deaf children" (Kaplan, 1996, p. 469).


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BostonIceFire

Ahh.. Thanks

ScubaladyTx

Same thing here.. When I was little girl in NYC.. My grandmother always took me to place for TC... til I entered deaf school and not go to place for TC anymore cuz I signs not using my voice anymore.

BabyPhat21

So am I total communication because I both Sign and Oral??

Wolfboy

Hmm It looks that way. Im not really sure i forget everying i learned in the deaf world

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MDCodeRedFreak

i guess so .... i am too

kuifje75

Nah, TC means you assess each student individually and try to see how they learn. Then you use whatever is needed to help them learn. Like for example, 5 students in a class, 2 might be signing only, 1 may be oral only, 1 might be both speaking and signing and 1 is like minimum language skills. So teacher has to teach differently to each students, to help them learn.

Bi-bi is probably what matches some ppl here, English and ASL separately and taught with each other. Like, use SEE for English and maybe ASL for rest of classes. I really

ofc, these are my opinions. In my school, TC was used exclusively, and it was interesting to see my teacher trying to teach different ppl in different ways. For example, I learned everything visually and my teacher would use pictures to help me learn, etc...

ChelEler

I'm a Total Communicated person, since I can speak and sign at the same time too. I even speak without signs, and sign without speak. I'm thankful that I can do them both so I could blend in the "hearing" world and "deaf" world.

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VamPyroX

I hardly sign and talk at the same time. It's usually one or the other for me.

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Skull

Is Bilingualism better than Total Communication?

Which method is the best for deaf pupils?

Ziusudra

Well personally I believe there is no right method for teaching deaf people. They are individuals and the earlier there is a way found to teach these individuals, the better so they learn better.

I believe the total communication method is the best since it's suited for most deaf people. They can sign/talk and decide which method they feel most comfortable with and also hearing/deaf people will be able to understand them.

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SilenceGold

I'm not sure but it sounds like I do Total Communication too.

MilitaryGirl83

I sign English and ASL.. I speak Oral also.. I can speak without signing and sign without voice on... so I do TC.

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GoldenLeaf74

I do use TC when I was in school but not much use for a while since I was out of High School.

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Miss-Delectable

Funny how we all learned some form of communications!

At first, I was to embrace the oralism method alas that didn't work
then Signed English which I embraced, and then Total Communication which worked very well for me because by then I learned to speak and sign very well. Finally, AUSLAN (Australian Sign Language) which I also accepted as my main form of communication nowadays.

mysteriesofthes

I go to deaf church occasionally and by speaking and signing at the same time, I have access to both the hearing and the deaf worlds. The hearing family members, who do not sign, of some of the deaf in church will come to me and ask why more deaf do not "speak' with their voices.

I tell them that some deaf are ashamed of their voices but most try and communicate as best as they can. What else can I say?

GalaxyAngel

Total Communication still same both See/ASL for everyones...
Out there has no rules for that..

I believe I do ASL but still counts Total Communication too...

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lilrebelqueen2

I grew up in mainstream, so I only knew fingerspeeling, and certian signs that were both ASL asn English, I was oral too! Now I sign a mixture of ASL and English. Its hard going to a school where some kids talk, others use asl and yet the rest use english. I like tc where kids are given the ability to do both, talk and sign that way we can choose the world we want to live in, deaf or hearing. Me I prefer the deaf world, but it doesnt prefer me, lol due to my odd singing skills. But how can I do better than what I was taught and I go to Gally, a deaf University!

PrincessTabu

Good post, yes, the true essence of total communication is to provide the approach that works best for a particular child. It's an educational approach, it doesn't mean YOU are tc because you use different modes of communication. The original idea was great, but eventually turned into signed english used simultaneously with speech. There are still true tc programs, tho. Bilingual-bicultural philosophy use ASL primary, english secondary. Technically, a tc program can teach using this philosophy. But they can also teach using english primary, asl secondary; it doesn't have to evolve into this sim-com signed english approach that many schools are using now. It depends on the needs of the child.