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My son had informed me last night that one of his classmate signs very well and is also hearing! Because of that she learned sign as her first language when she was a baby before her first vocally speak, and she had told the class that sign languages isn't only for the deaf but for everyone and it deserve an equal respect. She also asked the class if anyone had any member in the family that is deaf or any relatives, My son was the only person that raise his hand. :giggle: then she asked if anyone know any sign language or learned sign language recently or when they're babies, a few of them raise their hands up. My son told me that a lot of his classmates wants to learn sign language and how sign language got their attention.

I was impressed that sign language is getting popular these days and I hope it stays that way. Do you have any stories to share about sign language?
 
That's cool, Cheri. Also, I find it ironic that it is okay for hearing children to learn sign language because of all of it's benefits, etc. But in other places and amongst many hearing people, it is not okay for a deaf child to learn sign language.
 
Sign language may be a hot topic through discussions, debates, etc.,....however, sign language can be 'enjoyable' as follows:


[yt]zaitOAKBUNI[/yt]







:lol: (yeah, I 'had' to do it--)
:D
~RR
 
Roadrunner said:
Sign language may be a hot topic through discussions, debates, etc.,....however, sign language can be 'enjoyable' as follows:


[yt]zaitOAKBUNI[/yt]







:lol: (yeah, I 'had' to do it--)
:D
~RR
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:giggles and smiling: the children are soo cute when they sign....aww....Thanks RR for sharing this..
 
Roadrunner said:
Sign language may be a hot topic through discussions, debates, etc.,....however, sign language can be 'enjoyable' as follows:


[yt]zaitOAKBUNI[/yt]






:lol: (yeah, I 'had' to do it--)
:D
~RR
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Awwww. thanks RR. It makes my heart go pitty pat to see the little ones sign!
 
Cheri,

I just wanted to share something with you........one of my students wrote the curriculum for a sign langauge class and taught his classmates when he was a senior in high school as his senior project. They told him that his class would be limited to 25 students, but they ended up having his class in the cafeteria because 80 students signed up to take it. He was really surprised that so many people wanted to learn. He now has the attitude that hearing students want to communicate with deaf students, but no one has ever taken the time to show them how.

My POV is that if we are going to mainstream deaf students,then there should be programs for the hearing students to learn sign language. That would really cut down on the isolation that deaf students feel in the mainstream schools.
 
Tousi said:
That's cool, Cheri. Also, I find it ironic that it is okay for hearing children to learn sign language because of all of it's benefits, etc. But in other places and amongst many hearing people, it is not okay for a deaf child to learn sign language.
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I agree...it is so nice that hearing kids are learning sign language but it is the deaf children that really need it.


Anyways, that is really neat, Cheri! :)
 
jillio said:
Cheri,

I just wanted to share something with you........one of my students wrote the curriculum for a sign langauge class and taught his classmates when he was a senior in high school as his senior project. They told him that his class would be limited to 25 students, but they ended up having his class in the cafeteria because 80 students signed up to take it. He was really surprised that so many people wanted to learn. He now has the attitude that hearing students want to communicate with deaf students, but no one has ever taken the time to show them how.

My POV is that if we are going to mainstream deaf students,then there should be programs for the hearing students to learn sign language. That would really cut down on the isolation that deaf students feel in the mainstream schools.
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Oh, I would definitely go and advocate for that! That would really make those children's lives so much brighter! :)
 
shel90 said:
Oh, I would definitely go and advocate for that! That would really make those children's lives so much brighter! :)
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No kidding! We put deaf children in mainstream placement under the guise of "least restrictive environment" and create a situation where the only personthey have to talk to all day is their terp! How is not being able to communicate with your peers "less restrictive"? :dunno:
 
jillio said:
No kidding! We put deaf children in mainstream placement under the guise of "least restrictive environment" and create a situation where the only personthey have to talk to all day is their terp! How is not being able to communicate with your peers "less restrictive"? :dunno:
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We had a debate about that in one of my grad classes. It was called indirect communication therefore restricting the child even more. I saw that at that self-contained deaf program in AZ where I was a teacher's aide. The terps followed the kids everywhere even during recess. I told them to leave them be and they said no cuz the principal or special ed director told them that was their job to interpret for the kids at ALL times. It looked like it was too oppressive for the kids so they shyed away from their hearing peers even the ones who had good speech skills. *sighs* Like I said before, that program was very very poorly run.
 
Lol @ Shel and Jillio. You two, I just love you!! :grouphug:
 
Roadrunner said:
Sign language may be a hot topic through discussions, debates, etc.,....however, sign language can be 'enjoyable' as follows:


[yt]zaitOAKBUNI[/yt]







:lol: (yeah, I 'had' to do it--)
:D
~RR
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awww cute all of the kids heheh .. I see one of girl signs banana that when she pull the peel each of one banana and then almost put her finger in her mouth to bite lol it is so cute! lol :lol:
 
shel90 said:
We had a debate about that in one of my grad classes. It was called indirect communication therefore restricting the child even more. I saw that at that self-contained deaf program in AZ where I was a teacher's aide. The terps followed the kids everywhere even during recess. I told them to leave them be and they said no cuz the principal or special ed director told them that was their job to interpret for the kids at ALL times. It looked like it was too oppressive for the kids so they shyed away from their hearing peers even the ones who had good speech skills. *sighs* Like I said before, that program was very very poorly run.
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Oh my dear... It's no good.. It affect deaf children's good esteem. No good...
 
RR, I will view the picture when I am home from work...

wow it's cool, Cheri...

It's really wonderful to expose hearing children to know what sign language is about.

I would like to share about my sons and his friends here.

I beleive some of you know that my both boys know sign language since they were babies.

My boys' friends in our house... They were like :ugh3: when we sign with voice or without voice to them... Their friends asked my sons what we talked about... They interpreted them... They were like wow and want to learn sign... They learn bit to bit... which is great ... example like that... "thank you", "bye"... "good" "bad" "cold" "hot", something simple like that...

At school, the teachers were like :eek3: when my oldest son first attend school when he was 6 years old and sign to us... They started to wonder how my both sons can speak to hearing and sign to us deaf parents. They started to use my both sons as an interpreter. I stopped them and told them that they are my sons, not my interpreter... Call neutral interpreter if they want to talk with us. They accepted.

I didn't know that my both boys sign without voice until my Dad told me last April 2007 and then my co-worker... I was like :eek3: and thought my both boys use voice when they sign to us. Of course I asked them why they sign to us without voice. They said that they prefer to sign us without voice because they feel comfortable with this... I was like Okkkaaayyyy... I guess that it could be that they learn from us... - We sign with voice to them and then my hubby & I sign each other without voice...
 
Liebling:-))) said:
RR, I will view the picture when I am home from work...

wow it's cool, Cheri...

It's really wonderful to expose hearing children to know what sign language is about.

I would like to share about my sons and his friends here.

I beleive some of you know that my both boys know sign language since they were babies.

My boys' friends in our house... They were like :ugh3: when we sign with voice or without voice to them... Their friends asked my sons what we talked about... They interpreted them... They were like wow and want to learn sign... They learn bit to bit... which is great ... example like that... "thank you", "bye"... "good" "bad" "cold" "hot", something simple like that...

At school, the teachers were like :eek3: when my oldest son first attend school when he was 6 years old and sign to us... They started to wonder how my both sons can speak to hearing and sign to us deaf parents. They started to use my both sons as an interpreter. I stopped them and told them that they are my sons, not my interpreter... Call neutral interpreter if they want to talk with us. They accepted.

I didn't know that my both boys sign without voice until my Dad told me last April 2007 and then my co-worker... I was like :eek3: and thought my both boys use voice when they sign to us. Of course I asked them why they sign to us without voice. They said that they prefer to sign us without voice because they feel comfortable with this... I was like Okkkaaayyyy... I guess that it could be that they learn from us... - We sign with voice to them and then my hubby & I sign each other without voice...
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That's cool! Did u know that signing without voice improves anyone's signing skills cuz they are focusing on one language only? Maybe your sons felt it was easier to sign when they dont use their voices?

My daughter cant sign without using her voice so she is not using ASL syntax but my son so far is signing without voice. Heck, he hasnt even spoken one word yet! :giggle:
 
shel90 said:
That's cool! Did u know that signing without voice improves anyone's signing skills cuz they are focusing on one language only? Maybe your sons felt it was easier to sign when they dont use their voices?

My daughter cant sign without using her voice so she is not using ASL syntax but my son so far is signing without voice. Heck, he hasnt even spoken one word yet! :giggle:
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Yes, it could be that they feel comfortable like this. I know that they are not only one and first.

During my 5 weeks spa resort/clinic for the deaf, CI, tinitis and HOH last year, one hearing lady who work together with physical/phyosolocy therapies asked us to lock our voices and consider sign with mouth movement only with her. Of course we asked her why... She explained that she prefer to consider signing which it improve her more and more easy than hear our voices. She feel that sign with voice "bother"/"confused" her and was like neglect her moviate on signing skill... Interesting... It could be that my sons feel the same or learn like this from us?

Some prefer to sign with voice... Depend on their comfortable feeling. Nobody can change them what they want... It's just them and their feeling.
 
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