Hoichi, do you not believe it's possible for a young child to learn two languages at a time?
why not teach both signing and speaking at the same time equally?
Fuzzy
to bad for you, and deaf kids the combined system of CI and its entities and professional apparatus do NOT agree with your sentiment.
i have always stated a bilingual approach, i did when i was a baby, i have NEVER stated otherwise on here. so p[ls.
but that doesn't mean speaking, you will gain better fluency with sign language as a first language then learning english, its cross fertilization of languages as your growing, that's why kids can be trilingual quad lingual at a rapid pace as growing..
the plm is CI, are not magic contrary to the marketing pitch, they don't come from harry potter. they are not a miracle from above contrary to the of cited claims of them beign miracles..., the oralist will parade those very very few oral wonders but fail to actually show the majority which are the oralist failures in that system, which usually get dumped to Deaf schools, after being denied sign language their entire lives, i witnessed this as do any Deaf who go to Deafie schools
its extremely important to have sign language right away with the deaf baby, not 10 years later not when they are adults they can choose, (yes indeed many do, but after a lifetime of isolation, and being robbed of their birth right) after a lifetime of being deprived..NO.
i have always stated bilingualism
learning sign right away as a first language will help gain another...english..
if this post is difficult for anyone to understand, jane so on,, pls don't hesitate to ask and ill see if i can re phrase this for you..