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Things I've learned having a deaf student in class Larry Send a noteboard - 09/09/2017 04:10:59 PM

  1. ASL isnotEnglish with finger motions; the grammar and semantics are different. Watching my assistants and staff therapists communicate with my student (I only know about a dozen signs, sadly), I've noticed several miscommunications take place because a sign can mean multiple things.

  2. While my student can lip-read, he needs for me to enunciate slowly and clearly; often times, people at press conferences do not speak at this necessary speed/fashion.

  3. While paralanguage is usually understood among the hard-of-hearing community, the motions used by the hearing can differ to some degree and sometimes it might appear as though they are signing accidentally something that runs counter to their intended emphasis.

There are doubtless other factors in play here, but these are the ones that occurred to me now.

Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

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Why is there always a deaf translator at press conferences? Cannoli - 09/09/2017 11:23:15 AM 766 Views
Not all deaf people can lip read, and many have learning difficulties. Aviendha - 09/09/2017 12:13:31 PM 486 Views
Because sometimes you learn something, and emphasis gets responses: see \/ Cannoli - 10/09/2017 06:11:56 AM 424 Views
If they're that stupid, how likely are they to watch press conferences? Tom - 10/09/2017 04:18:05 PM 466 Views
Things I've learned having a deaf student in class Larry - 09/09/2017 04:10:59 PM 466 Views
Yes, but a 15-second subtitle delay for the hearing impaired is easier Tom - 10/09/2017 04:20:54 PM 438 Views
Nobody does aggressively ignorant quite like Cannoli *NM* TheCrownless - 10/09/2017 04:05:30 PM 197 Views
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