Motion: Be Dumbledore's Phoenix Bird: Resurrect Ourselves...
PreciousASL I make a motion: START A FORMAL ORGANIZATION TO SERVE THE DEAF CHILDREN IN THEIR BILINGUAL EDUCATION.Purpose: To promote bilingualism in deaf children; to remove the misconception that oral-only approach enhances English mastery. To act as advocates for pro-option for the parents of deaf children; to present them with other alternatives/options to oral-only approach. ...
Mon, Jul 14 2008

Harsh Realities Of Deaf Students
PreciousASL Here are 4 different groups of students that schools for the deaf and even some mainstreamed schools have to work with:A student who is regular CI wearer who goes to regular AVT therapy outside school whose parents do not sign at home. Sometimes this student are implanted beyond the recommended 6 months. Some of student can actually speak and hear language using CI de...
Mon, Jun 09 2008

Diseases Of Schools For The Deaf
PreciousASL Comments seen about views of ASL made by teachers and administrators in recent months:"This student does not have any language. He cannot learn. He doesn't understand what I am trying to teach him. He needs to move to a slower class."A new student from mainstreamed school who never learned ASL before enrolling into the school for the deaf. The thing was the student pi...
Mon, Jun 02 2008