Recent content by aaronbean

Hello, Thanks both of you for the replies. I'm not immigrating, I'm an American citizen, but I have a friend who lives in another country and will be visiting the States soon. Although she doesn't have any plans regarding immigration right now, it may be a long term goal.

Hello everyone, its been a few days and no replies, so I'm expanding the question to all Deaf. Has anyone encountered any deaf immigrants who tried to assimilate into American/Deaf culture. What was your impression of their experience? what kind of hardships did you see them experience, etc...

Hi, I'm interested in hearing opinions from Deaf foreign immigrants! What was your impression of the culture of Deaf Americans when you immigrated to the U.S.? What was your impression of the level of respect, patience, and hospitality for a Deaf foreigner? Thanks for any and all...

I'm FOR IT! We would love to setup an exchange! I tried to send you a private message, but couldn't figure it out/didn't have the right access. Feel free to shoot me an email at: bean.aa@gmail.com Would be so cool to do this culture exchange! Cheers, Aaron

A class of kids.. varies from 2-5. But its a pilot and starting in September there will likely be a larger group. And we use RSL to explain concepts, and then use ASL to spell out words. We also use the phonetic translation of the english words into the cyrillic alphabet to help with...

Some Kazakh, some Russian. Not completely fluent usually in either. And yes, the school system here has focused on teaching them orally although that is changing right now. To me it seems a disservice to the children, to abstain from fully teaching them sign until they graduate high school...

Hello, sorry for the late reply, for some reason I didn't get an email notification with your reply. mmm.. regarding fluency.. the levels are varying, however I would say the younger students are not fluent. Complicating things as well is the fact that some of the students use the national...

Hi Michelle, Thanks for the words of encouragement and support. I promise to eat some beshbarmak for you and say a toast to you and your husband :) Great idea on the ASL book. My wife brought one from the US and I think it will be a great gift for the organization I'm working with...

Hello everyone! Does anyone know of any curriculum or resources that could be used to teach written English to deaf ESL students? My name is Aaron, and I'm a US Peace Corps volunteer (Peace Corps) serving in Kazakhstan. One part of my job is to help locals with learning English...