Best way to develop oral skills?

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Jiro said:
so it's like Clarke School for the Deaf.... :roll:
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I'm confused, is this aimed at me? If so, no, my daughter's school is an ASL, voice-off bi-bi program that includes phonetic awareness and Oracy for the children who can benefit.
 
faire_jour said:
I'm confused, is this aimed at me? If so, no, my daughter's school is an ASL, voice-off bi-bi program that includes phonetic awareness and Oracy for the children who can benefit.
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You keep using the term "oracy." What do you mean by that? Oracy is the ability to express oneself in a spoken language which incidentally includes written communication and sign.
 
faire_jour said:
I've been working with the organization for since we found out my daughter was Deaf, more than 4 years ago. My daughter's school started their Oracy program this year.
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Would you please identify "the organization"?
 
Hear Again said:
You keep using the term "oracy." What do you mean by that? Oracy is the ability to express oneself in a spoken language which incidentally includes written communication and sign.
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As I have read it and the school explains it, there are 3 branchs to educating Deaf kids:

1. Signacy
2. Literacy
3. Oracy

School:

Signacy promotes cognitive skills in the students’ most natural and accessible language through attending and signing.

Literacy is a written medium representing English and is a necessary component of bilingual education for the deaf.

Oracy allows students to gain access to spoken English through lipreading and speaking. Some students can listen.

Signacy is a mode that you sign or watch someone signing. Literacy is a mode that you read, write, type, fingerread and fingerspell. Oracy is a mode that you speak and/or listen, and lipread.

Oracy can be lipreading a McDonald’s worker saying, “May I help you?” and the student responding in spoken English, “Coke.” Literacy can be reading the menu list and writing down the order at McDonald’s. Signacy involves a staff signing what is on the menu to the students and discussing what they want to order.
 
faire_jour said:
Oracy allows students to gain access to spoken English through lipreading and speaking. Some students can listen.
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I need Jillio or shel to explain this to me because what you've written doesn't make sense since English is a spoken language that can be signed via PSE or SEE. <confused>
 
Jiro said:
so it's like Clarke School for the Deaf.... :roll:
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programs that have oracy are different than oral-only programs. Clarke School is an oral only program.
 
Hear Again said:
I need Jillio or shel to explain this to me because what you've written doesn't make sense since English is a spoken language that can be signed via PSE or SEE. <confused>
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Oracy is a term that has been coined recently. It is being used to include programs that allow for speechreading, and to differentiate from those who utilize AVT, which allows for no visual cues, including speechreading. Additionally, the focus is on the child understanding spoken English using all means available, and not on the child producing spoken language. Speech production is a primary concern of the oralists.
 
jillio said:
Oracy is a term that has been coined recently. It is being used to include programs that allow for speechreading, and to differentiate from those who utilize AVT, which allows for no visual cues, including speechreading. Additionally, the focus is on the child understanding spoken English using all means available, and not on the child producing spoken language. Speech production is a primary concern of the oralists.
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By using all means available, does this include sign?
 
shel90 said:
programs that have oracy are different than oral-only programs. Clarke School is an oral only program.
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Thank you for mentioning that shel. Now I understand the difference between the two. :)
 
shel90 said:
programs that have oracy are different than oral-only programs. Clarke School is an oral only program.
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Absolutely. Bi-Bi has oracy focus. Clarke School has oral focus. As does John Tracy.
 
jillio said:
Absolutely. Bi-Bi has oracy focus. Clarke School has oral focus. As does John Tracy.
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Right...but unfortunately, to many people, deaf children wont be able to survive in the hearing world unless they can function like hearing people so people will continue to keep the oral-only philosophy alive.
 
I am curious, have people here asked parents why they chose spoken language for their child? I think that there are a lot of assumptions being made, maybe if people found out why parents choose that path, rather than just calling them "oralists", perhaps bridges could be built. Maybe if ASL advocates understood why parents choose spoken language or oral schools, they could help parents see the value in ASL in addition to spoken language. Instead of calling names, protesting, and fighting, people could come together for the benefit of the children.
 
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