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Great, I'm glad you are here to learn but please do not make assumption about the majority of deaf people who have a lack of english skills came from Total Communication since there are many deaf people from all walks of life -- oralist, cued-speech, ASL, SEE, PSE users and also varying degrees of hearing (CI users and hearing aid users) and speech, etc. came from either mainstreamed programs, Total Communication, Bi-Bi etc. Just because one program may works for one child will not necessarily work for another doesn't mean that program failed. each child is different, no child is the same.
The bottom line is there is no one-size-fits-all approach to educating a deaf child.
Teaching strategies are employed to teach different kinds of learners.
ASL is the language of instruction. If there is no one size that fits all, then we need to reevaluate the language of instruction for hearing kids.
There is a big difference btw those two.
If we were talking about teaching strategies, then we can say "one size dooesnt fit all"
We are talking about language of instruction and it seems like many of you are saying that some deaf people dont benefit from ASL.
Well, that would be like saying that some hearing kids dont benefit from spoken English.
Then, the hearing classes are doing it ALL wrong according to your and others' logic with "one size doesnt fit all".
Why apply to only deaf children? Why do hearing have full access to language, communication, and blah blah but many deaf children dont?
Can anyone answer that? Pls.