Deaf children benefit from learning sign language, says research

Great article! Just goes to show that whole push by AGB to force Deaf people to "learn how to hear" is all about money and control.

I resent the hell out of anyone who tells me I have to do something just because they think they know whats better for me than I do. Piss on them.
 
hoodoowytch said:
Great article! Just goes to show that whole push by AGB to force Deaf people to "learn how to hear" is all about money and control.

I resent the hell out of anyone who tells me I have to do something just because they think they know whats better for me than I do. Piss on them.[/QUOTE]

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:)I'm glad you put it up and agree it's good to review it
 
It seems so obvious when other forms of bilingualism is promoted for young children.

I can't see how it even remains a question.
 
I'm sorry, but maybe I misunderstand, but it appears that the study they are referencing only compares the signing skills of deaf adults who had BSL as their first language to the signing skills of adults who learned BSL later. It says that the signing skills of those who learned it early were better than those who learned it later. That makes perfect sense. But I don't see how that is related to A.G. Bell or money, or related to the process of hearing and speaking whatsoever.
 
TODtobe said:
I'm sorry, but maybe I misunderstand, but it appears that the study they are referencing only compares the signing skills of deaf adults who had BSL as their first language to the signing skills of adults who learned BSL later. It says that the signing skills of those who learned it early were better than those who learned it later. That makes perfect sense. But I don't see how that is related to A.G. Bell or money, or related to the process of hearing and speaking whatsoever.
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i agree...it obvious going to be better if learn early
 
TODtobe said:
I'm sorry, but maybe I misunderstand, but it appears that the study they are referencing only compares the signing skills of deaf adults who had BSL as their first language to the signing skills of adults who learned BSL later. It says that the signing skills of those who learned it early were better than those who learned it later. That makes perfect sense. But I don't see how that is related to A.G. Bell or money, or related to the process of hearing and speaking whatsoever.
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Leading researchers and educators of the deaf such as Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), a college at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York State say that there is no evidence for these claims and that sign language can actually enhance a deaf child’s acquisition of spoken language.
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First of all, the "article" is not a peer reviewed article that is written by scientists. It is a fluff article written by someone who knows nothing about the subject (they only cite 2 articles).
And, the articles mentioned don't advocate sign above any other method. They merely indicate that bilingualism (which has been proven time and again to be beneficial for hearing children) is beneficial for children with hearing loss.
 
I believe bilingualism is good for anyone. I tend to like dead languages...which, I realize, may not be of any use in this day and time, except maybe in a museum or as an archaeologist. LOL But, I find language fascinating....how it's developed over the ages and so on. ASL is a beautiful language...I enjoy learning it. It's a lot more complex than I realized and I think it would be of great benefit for it to be offered in 'hearing' schools as a language course just like French or Spanish.
 
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I have stand my belief that Deaf kids needs to learn and understand their primary language which is ASL not English. Once they understand and can understand any other language much easier.
 
diehardbiker said:
I have stand my belief that Deaf kids needs to learn and understand their primary language which is ASL not English. Once they understand and can understand any other language much easier.
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I agree. I don't understand why these other so-called "experts" would say that learning ASL would make it harder for a child, or anyone, to learn English or any other written/spoken language.
 
right, When I was introduced to ENGLISH first. I had a hard time grasping of concepting the grammar until I learned ASL later. I start to see the clear picture then i go all over again with English better. Well, I am an extremely late reader though.
 
Frisky Feline said:
right, When I was introduced to ENGLISH first. I had a hard time grasping of concepting the grammar until I learned ASL later. I start to see the clear picture then i go all over again with English better. Well, I am an extremely late reader though.
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Sounds like things would have been a LOT better for you if you had gone to a school for the Deaf. I grew up being able to hear, and I was lucky enough that reading, language and grammar came easy to me...but when I became deaf I realized that I really needed to learn ASL. That has been a little more difficult, would have been a lot easier if I had learned it while I was kid. Wish that it had been offered as a language class in school along with the French and Spanish language classes.
 
hoodoowytch said:
Sounds like things would have been a LOT better for you if you had gone to a school for the Deaf. I grew up being able to hear, and I was lucky enough that reading, language and grammar came easy to me...but when I became deaf I realized that I really needed to learn ASL. That has been a little more difficult, would have been a lot easier if I had learned it while I was kid. Wish that it had been offered as a language class in school along with the French and Spanish language classes.
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Actually, I attended to deaf school but all of the teachers were hearing and believed in S.E.E.. Until I met someone who is native ASL user and i picked up fast and started all over again with reading book etc. My other school is deaf but teachers are hearing and sign very English.
 
Pretty much same here, we had only couple Deaf teachers. I personally wish I had taught ASL to begin, I believe my English would be far better than what it is. Even learn Spanish too.

It appears that somebody finally woke up from the dead.

Frisky Feline said:
Actually, I attended to deaf school but all of the teachers were hearing and believed in S.E.E.. Until I met someone who is native ASL user and i picked up fast and started all over again with reading book etc. My other school is deaf but teachers are hearing and sign very English.
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