The Deaf and Language
Sign
Facts
True Language
Complete and Incomplete
Dialects and Foreign Accents
No Universal Language
Compared
Language based on Speech vs based on Sign
The Speed of Signing and Speaking Sentences
Speech based Sign Language
Finger spelling: Letter by Letter
Morpheme by Morpheme
Gesture
Different From Sign
Gesture Using Arms, Head, and Torso
Gestures with Speech
Facial Gestures
Oral Approach
The Successes and The Fails
The Deafs
The Hearing Impaired People
Speech Reading (Lipreading)
Total Communication
Which One VS Which One
Sign Language VS Oral Approach
The Controversy
Alexander Graham Bell (Anti-Sign)
Edward Gallaudet (Pro-Sign)
Reading VS Written Language
A Person Who Doesn't Know Speech-based Language
A Person Who Knows Speech-based Language
Written
How The Deaf Communicate and Succeed?
The Need For Literacy
Low Level of Literacy = Low Level of Jobs
Written Communication by Notes
Why Teaching of Reading or Written Language Has Failed Thus Far?
The Written Language Approach
The Advantages
The Learning Medium is Appropriate
No New Knowledge Need Be Acquired by Instructors
Instruction can Begin in Infancy
All Hearing-impaired Children can Benefit
Written Language Acquisition can Facilitate Speech
Written Language Acquisition can Facilitate Speech