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Hi,
i'm teaching at a special school for the deaf in Poland. After high school pupils must take part in an exams which are in a written form. I find it strange because if their native language is the sign language then why do they have to pass the exams using the foreign language.
I wanted to ask how the exams in special schools look like? Do you pass them using sign language (for example in history or geography) or do you write them?
Maybe i'm wrong and everebody in the same country should write the exams using the official language.
I would really appreciate all your opinions and information how it looks like in the USA.
 
Mostly those exams would be written. If a deaf person isn't fluent in the language its writtenin, they can be at a definite disadvantage.
 
For the written exam, for instance, I'd ask the interpreter/teacher for the deaf to sign out the questions in their language and not to give any hints or answers, thus they can understand better. I do that when I did my uni exams.
 
Bartek said:
Hi,
i'm teaching at a special school for the deaf in Poland. After high school pupils must take part in an exams which are in a written form. I find it strange because if their native language is the sign language then why do they have to pass the exams using the foreign language.
I wanted to ask how the exams in special schools look like? Do you pass them using sign language (for example in history or geography) or do you write them?
Maybe i'm wrong and everebody in the same country should write the exams using the official language.
I would really appreciate all your opinions and information how it looks like in the USA.
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I think it would be very important that they can read and write fluently.
 
I think she is asking why deaf take an English written tests when they speaks (well, signs) ASL

But people who speaks Spanish take tests written in Spanish.
 
wouldn't the deaf students know how to read and write in the official language? i've never had the need for an interpreter to translate any questions on exams.
 
anakin said:
wouldn't the deaf students know how to read and write in the official language? i've never had the need for an interpreter to translate any questions on exams.
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same for myself, but give or take, it helps kill the time :laugh2:
 
Lighthouse77 said:
I think she is asking why deaf take an English written tests when they speaks (well, signs) ASL

But people who speaks Spanish take tests written in Spanish.
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Here in Utah, english language leaners still have to take their exams in English.
 
I am older as you know, but they used to let teachers sign the exams of someone did not understand.

I don't know if that is still in practice or not.
 
I do know that teachers don't speak exams. you know, call out the questions and the kids answer back.


..... unless it is a spelling test.
 
How are the deaf given spelling tests?....If the word given has no sign, and has to be spelled out?.....Pictures, perhaps?
 
thanks for answer.
don't you think it's strange that people whose native language is sign language can't pass exams in SL.
I teach in special school and in the last year only 10 people participated in maturity exam after high school. And only 2 people passed this exam. I guess it's related to problems with using Polish language which is really difficult. I can hear-and when I read some essays from my pupils I sometimes completely don't understand them...And what can help a translation of a question...You are probably even more frustrated that you know the answer to this question but are unable to write it...
For example-I know one class which has some neurological problems apart from deafness. They write tragically, they read without understanding. Their history teacher said that they have a big knowledge of this subject. And when they sign everything is all right, she is proud of them...But then-when they have to write a short information for example about some war-they fail...It's so said-becuase they are forced to use a foreign language in my opinion...And Polish is really difficult...They for example prefer to learn English than Polish.
Can'ty it be changed? Can't the law be changed somehow? Because sometimes I think that I live in a thorough abstraction...
 
well,just to let you know, My native language is not ASL. I was never taught ASL and writing is still frustrating.

But I noticed some hearing people can't always write like they want it... but when they speak it, they can speak it well.
 
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