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\ Oh, ok--like a "running commentary" as things are being said. Hmm... yeah, that would be MUCH better if it was then transferred into print, printed out at the end of class, and given to each student. I do like the idea of real time captioning, though--it can help clarify things...

I am sure you would be! :) I am sure that you a blessing to your students and a wonderful role model. Don't you wish more Deaf/deaf people would go into deaf education? That would be great to have many more role models for the kids. Oh, and we try very hard to find other role models, too--we...

I am curious about CART--is that the same thing as "real time captioning"? Even when students are understanding things through spoken English and/or ASL, it seems that the captioning/transcription would be a helpful tool. I am just imagining that having EVERYTHING that is said or signed in...

That is how things seem to be done at FSDB--lots of back and forth. I was only there for a brief time, so I only can report the bits of time that I saw in the classrooms. One teacher was instructing the students in geography--hmm...speech first or sign first, I'm not sure--but what I saw was...

Deaf teachers as role models Yes, having teachers as role models is a GREAT thing--kids who are deaf and use ASL would be blessed to meet deaf adults "just like them"(great models for future success). AND oral deaf kids need the same thing! Ideally, having teachers "just like them" is a great...

That is encouraging--I hope she picks up ASL as quickly. I think they will be very helpful at FSDB during the learning process. I don't know about other deaf schools, but I was very impressed when we visited FSDB--and my daughter literally fell in love with it! Once she entered the gates of...

Oh, how I wish we were already in Florida! We have had some major delays in getting moved. Trying to sell a house in this awful housing market, trying to land jobs there--it has been quite a challenge! The summer is marching on, and we still are not there yet. I am contemplating taking my...

I hope that my daughter WILL learn ASL as fast as many of you seem to have done--she is just very nervous about being "out of the loop" when she first gets to the deaf school. As I have said before, one reason she felt very comfortable when visiting FSDB was because people TALKED to her and put...

So an English speaker will get LOTS of help learning ASL as a second language in a Bi-Bi program? That is all I am really wondering--how much help does someone get in a Bi-Bi program if they don't know ASL? Apparently there can be vast differences between Bi-Bi programs. Maybe some are VERY...

Oh yes--American schools have to figure this out, and soon. I have seen too many kids who only knew Spanish but were put into all English classes--and, of course, they were lost for a while. How can they learn what is being taught if NOTHING is interpreted into Spanish? They can spend all day...

Hi--I am just wondering how classes in Bi-Bi schools work for kids who are not yet fluent in ASL. I would think that they would need an interpreter for a while, so that when the teacher is instructing completely in ASL, the kids who are not yet fluent in ASL can get the ASL instruction...

OK--I was just basing that on these quotes: "Also, I have no idea what kinds of accommodations would be given to an oral deaf kid if they wanted to join my daughter's school. It has never happen, but the school is new. I know, however, that we have a few hearing students, and they are...

That is in reference to the description I was given about "Bi-Bi schools". I was told that, at "Bi-Bi schools" the students are expected to have ASL as their first language and English as their second language. My point is, many people already have their first language as English--so now what...

OK--but that is referring to something labeled as an "ASL school." Is a "Bi-Bi school" ACTUALLY an "ASL school"? What I mean is, why call it BI-BI when it is actually SINGULAR language and NOT BI-lingual? Are you saying that any deaf school that is considered "Bi-Bi" is ACTUALLY an "ASL only...

Right--I do understand what you are saying about learning a language in a pure form instead of a broken and jumbled form. I do understand how kids who are young and learning a first language need it given to them in a pure and unaltered form. When I think back, I would say that my daughter was...

*Also, in regards to bi-bi schools, ASL is the language of instruction at all times. Every student must be fluent in ASL, that is to be their first and primary language. English is taught as a second language. Speech, listening, and speechreading are taught outside the voice-off classroom. ASL...

I am still trying to grasp exactly how different a TC program is from a Bi-Bi program. I get the bicultural aspect--it does seem true that the idea of Deaf culture is not always introduced in other types of deaf programs. But I am trying to understand the bilingual concept when comparing TC to...