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