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Chimajo

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If Deaf people have hard time with English, they need a help for writing letters, correcting grammars or something, so they can send them to hearing people.
Are you interesting to add "English skills" on AD?
I have other idea.
For example:
A person need a help for correcting English grammar when he or she puts the post.
Maybe ASL
Store I go shop buy food"
English
"I go shopping at the store and buy food."

They want to write a nice letter. Put a post and ask for a help. Then, send a private message.
 
Chimajo said:
If Deaf people have hard time with English, they need a help for writing letters, correcting grammars or something, so they can send them to hearing people.
Are you interesting to add "English skills" on AD?
I have other idea.
For example:
A person need a help for correcting English grammar when he or she puts the post.
Maybe ASL
Store I go shop buy food"
English
"I go shopping at the store and buy food."

They want to write a nice letter. Put a post and ask for a help. Then, send a private message.
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I know my grammar is poor but I think you need to work on your before try to help others.
 
Best way to improve English grammar is read, read, read, and read.
 
shel90 said:
Best way to improve English grammar is read, read, read, and read.
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Unfortunately, that is not correct. You may be able to read, but not understand how to correctly formulate a sentence. And, you are probably not reading correctly if you don't understand that a comma can be used as a stop(articulation) or a separator.

In fact, on a very basic level, if you don't understand the basic building blocks for English you can't hope to properly use grammar(which is not even a concise set of rules, BTW). For example, if you don't understand what a clause is you can't understand where to place a comma.

The reason deaf and HoH people have a hard time with it is because of inadequate communication during grades 1 - 3, critical years in the development of English.
 
I've known and seen many, many, many hearing people who cannot even write or spell a simple sentence.....they can "speak it" but damn if they can write it.....

And whenever I read all the threads here at AD...it's impressing from all the deafies that have acquired such good English skills, even if they cannot "speak".....
 
VacationGuy234 said:
Unfortunately, that is not correct. You may be able to read, but not understand how to correctly formulate a sentence. And, you are probably not reading correctly if you don't understand that a comma can be used as a stop(articulation) or a separator.

In fact, on a very basic level, if you don't understand the basic building blocks for English you can't hope to properly use grammar(which is not even a concise set of rules, BTW). For example, if you don't understand what a clause is you can't understand where to place a comma.

The reason deaf and HoH people have a hard time with it is because of inadequate communication during grades 1 - 3, critical years in the development of English.
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I have to agree with you . I read a lot but I got such a poor start at school. I miss a lot because I go my HA when I was almost 8 yo and in first grade for the second time. Reading a lot did help increase my vocabulary but my spelling is so poor I can't spell the words I want to use.
 
whatdidyousay! said:
I have to agree with you . I read a lot but I got such a poor start at school. I miss a lot because I go my HA when I was almost 8 yo and in first grade for the second time. Reading a lot did help increase my vocabulary but my spelling is so poor I can't spell the words I want to use.
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Your spelling is perfectly fine. Are you using a spellcheck?
 
AlleyCat said:
Your spelling is perfectly fine. Are you using a spellcheck?
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Yes , I have to use spellcheck because I am dyslexia. I could type 60 words a minutes in high school but all my words had letters in the wrong places. My spelling is so poor even spellcheck can't help me sometime. I think my computer has a headache by the time I am done!.
 
Reading is the key,but if someone has a strong visual skill, I would recommend to read something with pictures or visual animations.
 
VacationGuy234 said:
Unfortunately, that is not correct. You may be able to read, but not understand how to correctly formulate a sentence. And, you are probably not reading correctly if you don't understand that a comma can be used as a stop(articulation) or a separator.

In fact, on a very basic level, if you don't understand the basic building blocks for English you can't hope to properly use grammar(which is not even a concise set of rules, BTW). For example, if you don't understand what a clause is you can't understand where to place a comma.

The reason deaf and HoH people have a hard time with it is because of inadequate communication during grades 1 - 3, critical years in the development of English.
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I am a teacher and I know how it works. Read and read and read to get the foundation of English.
 
That's cool. We may help each other and correct grammatical errors. :D

Wish to add "English Skills" to AD.
 
Chimajo said:
That's cool. We may help each other and correct grammatical errors. :D

Wish to add "English Skills" to AD.
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It's already been done. One of the teachers started a daily grammar lesson, and it was pretty tough.

She gave it up quickly.

This is a social website anyway. If you want help with your grammatical errors, take a course at your local community college.

Nobody wants to fear criticism or correction when they come here to visit with friends, or discuss things.
 
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