Live Teacher or Broadcasted?

Should ASL be taught by broadcast or by live teachers?

  • Broadcast

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Live teacher

    Votes: 18 78.3%
  • Both

    Votes: 5 21.7%
  • Neither

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    23
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Deaf258

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I have been involved in a situation at my ASL job last year where the school district thinks it is a wonderful idea to have a teacher teach sign language to other classrooms by means of broadcasting. In other words, signing taught through the TV. I bumped into my student last weekend when I went to that India Fest with Kootchie. My student told me she is not taking ASL because she was offended by the hearing teacher on the TV, telling the class to start learning ABCs. This student is speaking after being my student for 2 years! The student should be in ASL 3 or 4 this year, but she cannot take the course because of the damn TV classroom. I have tried to explain to the school district that ASL is a 3D language. Having ASL taught on TV makes it 2D and ruins the signed concepts learned or retained. To make it worse, the teacher is teaching SEE from 20 years ago! Other local colleges and universities refused to accept the high school ASL as a foreign credit from my high school district, because the ASL directors at the colleges/universities knew the hearing teacher is teaching SEE, not ASL.

What should be the best and most appropriate course of action I should take? Should I involve the students at other high schools? Would it be good or bad?? I really don't know exactly what I should do without getting in trouble.

Also, what's your opinion on ASL taught through the TV or live teacher?


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Ahh, I will have to clarify the 4 options.

"Broadcast" is when a live teacher in a remote location is teaching to, usually, 70 or more students at the same class period at different high school locations. Tests are given once or twice per semester.

"Live teacher" also use videotapes and weekly tests/quizzes, but the course is taught one-on-one with the students. Usually the class have between 15 to 35 students.

"Both" is when a remote teacher is teaching the class and on other days, a live teacher would be present teaching one-on-one. This one require extra work for both teachers to keep the lessons and testing in sync.

"Neither" if you think ASL should not be taught at all in high schools, but should be reserved for colleges and universities only.

Hope that clears up the confusion!
 
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I still say both!
That was before Deaf258 cleared it up, but I was thinking of videos being used in class as a supplemental aide for lessons. Some PBS broadcasts language programs so to say that any broadcasted medium shouldn't be in the class, I do not agree with that. In my German classes in high school, we had live teacher and also on the television, there were German language videos. It added to our understanding about the German culture. The more deaf people and more ASL action you see, the more you understand about deaf culture.
 
i voted LIVE teacher to teach ASL cuz its the best way to go -- shows the students the right way to sign and provides the students practice on reading signs and pick up more faster that way instead of broadcast cuz broadcast of ASL can be mis interpreted as a sign for another word

at least thats my thoughts to it
 
having a LIVE teach can interact with the students and help them modify or correct the certain signs cuz they can understand TODAY's signs and keep them more aware and understanding as oppsed to box tv with no interaction
 
I chose LIVE teaching -- because that way students can receive feedbacks from the teacher and learn about deaf culture that way by questions and how ASL is integreted in our history. I hope I made sense here.
Broadcasted teaching -- it will take away the opportunities for students to ask questions or having a critic there to correct any mistakes in their signs, and so forth.
 
Rather LIVE teaching. Why??? explaining about culture, face expression, and adjustment with people's signing speed. Increase confidence in socializing with Deafies who volunteer or become teacher aide in the classroom before go out to Deaf events.

Also, students have to wait for ask teachers after finish with the video. Probably some of them might forgot about what's questions. Rather LIVE teachers, so they can ask question right away to learn it.

I do remmy one of my hearing friend confused with video (from CD in the computer). Asked me why same sign between "miss" and "say". Also "eat" and "food". Really confuse with video about some words have same signing.
 
I choose LIVE ASL teacher because the teacher can give the students feedbacks on their signing language. He/she also shows ASL signs to the students and explain the differences between similiar signs (ex. eat and food).

Broadcast teachers are not that helpful and students will not get benefits from broadcast teaching.
 
I totally agree that LIVE teaching is best, especially for ASL... because like everyone said it's easier to have feedbacks, and for the students to express concerns, etc.

ALSO, LIVE teaching is 3-D. Broadcast isn't! So that can be confusing to some students...

I remember being asked if Broadcast teaching can be done for ASL classes planned to be credited at UC Santa Barbara. I told them NO NO NO WAY!! They only wanted it cuz it was cheaper. I think it's stupid.
 
I agree that, due to the nature of ASL as a visually-oriented body language, it should be taught in all three dimensions, for at least some of the time. A life demonstration helps the authenticity of ASL, because a video camera captures only one aspect of the speaker/signer and makes it a universal representation for everyone. That will work for a spoken language, but not for a visual performance that takes up space. Totally bogus. Sort of similar to the cheap feeling one gets from watching a play on video.

After all, a recording of a person speaking in ASL leads to some form of inauthenticity because ASL is not a stand alone performance art disassociated from the speaker-listener relationship.

ASL is a natural language two or more people use in their day to day activities. If the purpose of the class is to teach ASL, then the only legitimate way is the full monty and interact with the students, put them on the spot, and teach them to identify and practice facial tics and the non-verbal gestures of ASL.

A remote performer has its place as an option of demonstration. Nothing more, nothing less. There's no need to cheat the student of the other options.
 
We learn sign language better in person... more interaction than just on television.
 
I think a live teacher is better. In deaf culture, visuals are extremely important. Therefore, it is important for hearing people to have direct contact with deaf people in order to learn ASL and also deaf culture. Brocasted teachers cannot provide this. It's ok to use that for examples or to bring home and do some homework but it's not good in classrooms. Just my opinion.
 
The Heretic said:
I agree that, due to the nature of ASL as a visually-oriented body language, it should be taught in all three dimensions, for at least some of the time. A life demonstration helps the authenticity of ASL, because a video camera captures only one aspect of the speaker/signer and makes it a universal representation for everyone. That will work for a spoken language, but not for a visual performance that takes up space. Totally bogus. Sort of similar to the cheap feeling one gets from watching a play on video.

After all, a recording of a person speaking in ASL leads to some form of inauthenticity because ASL is not a stand alone performance art disassociated from the speaker-listener relationship.

ASL is a natural language two or more people use in their day to day activities. If the purpose of the class is to teach ASL, then the only legitimate way is the full monty and interact with the students, put them on the spot, and teach them to identify and practice facial tics and the non-verbal gestures of ASL.

A remote performer has its place as an option of demonstration. Nothing more, nothing less. There's no need to cheat the student of the other options.

thats a pretty good reply.. However, video relay can be a medium to help interaction between people who are already fluent in ASL. It will be equal effective between a group of deaf students learning history and a group of hearing students learing the same informaiton. But thats off topic. :dance:
 
Just wanted to revive this thread since I have noticed a considerable number of new members joining AllDeaf.

Hey new peeps, please leave your feedback! Thanks!
 
My husband and I were attend company somehow, brings t.v. comes with video tape .. ahh there's signing languages.. In my mind say WTF.. so I watched.. ahh pretty quite not understand some of sign languages.. I was told them, sorry I do not understand.. Isn't helpful.. I left quicker..
My husband felt embrassement and politely spoke out them, sorry video isn't helpful which is the best suggest use live ASL.

But otherwise.. for Hearing people can learn from ASL video by taught.. Would be great benefits for test as quiz. My opition is.. Isn't good idea.. I think best for everyones use by LIVE TAUGHT.. as same live teacher too..

I'd like see live tecaher have emotions and feeling expression shown them understand what talking about.

*Clap hands*~ I do not undy.. :applause: ~Of course I do undy applaused shakes hands up..
 
Deaf258 said:
Just wanted to revive this thread since I have noticed a considerable number of new members joining AllDeaf.

Hey new peeps, please leave your feedback! Thanks!

Sure, I am here now.... :lol:

I voted ' Live Teacher ' to teach ASL!... :D
 
I did have a class where this teacher videotaped himself in the past and then showed that video to the rest of the class. It was a complete bore and I hated it. Ugh!
 
I Vote 'Live' Teacher.. Easlier to understand than on Broadcasted Teachers.. Sometimes It takes up space when u watching a Video with a broadcasted Teacher Signing ASL...
 
Over ten years experience teaching
sign language classes...
Live Teacher is better for stimulations and
feedbacks from others.
Broadcast is great only as a "reminder" or "repeats"
 
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