...community. Deafhood is a word that was coined by the author of Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood, by Paddy Ladd. With regards to deafness, the people of the past felt lost or upset with being deaf. The families of the deaf would force their children to go to a hearing school and assimilate with their culture. Schools would have to put labels on the children’s clothing to differentiate them. I think that these measures would make a child uncomfortable with his deafness. There were not many schools that a child can have access to so it would be understandable that the child will feel frustrated with himself about his situation. Ladd’s book asserts that deafness is a positive thing and that one should embrace their deafness. On a similar note, the deaf should not consider their inability to hear as a disease or handicap that needs to be cured. Deafhood is the understanding of how remarkable it is to be Deaf and be okay with that. These days with the internet and technology, it is easy for a child and his family to find a community near them. It is a lot easier to have a deaf person reach Deafhood, much like a normal child would reach adulthood. I believe that children and many deaf people today embrace their deafness. Their attitudes are now more optimistic and they are proactive in the community. Laws and measures also help the deaf gain equal footing in education with hearing. As we progress toward providing more rights to the Deaf, I think the deaf community...
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...Problem Introduction The word “language” seems to have been derived from the Latin words, “Lingua,” which implies “tongue “. The French term,” language” also refers to a specific from of speech .Hence, in the whole process of language teaching, spoken language occupies an important place. Ballard says,” talking comes before writing, oral composition before written composition.(Dash, 2004, p.165-166) Speaking is the productive skill in the oral mode. It, like the other skills, is more complicated than it seems at first and involves more than just pronouncing words Josh Billings says“Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute”. Learning English as one's second language is not unusual in most places of the world. But learning English as one's second language and mastering it thoroughly is a distinguished achievement. By mastering, I mean that one is able to read, write and communicate unambiguously and effectively. In this case, only a few has accomplished due to many problems such as unavailability of native-English instructors in a country, a totally different language structure used at home and a limited amount of time studying English. The main reason why theFilipinos are employed abroad is their ability to speak and understand Englishand so when all countries in the world struggle to learn English (Rama 2000) We ,Filipinosshould not unlearn it. English is a global language and in the worlds of former...
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...critical determinants, if not the premier determinant, of the success and quality of any learning outcome” (Halwah, 2006, p.3). Therefore, motivation as well as the relationship between motivation and academic achievement need to be studied as well. This study will discuss motivation in details through my personal experience with motivation and the significance it plays in learning. This research offers an insight to the age-old question of how we should get our school children to learn and keep them from dropping out of school. Many children, especially adolescence, often believe that they know everything and they have no need to learn something new. Lack or motivation is derived from this exact sentiment which impedes the learning process. “If there really is no need to acquire anything or attain anything or improve yourself, if you are already whole and complete and by that same virtue so is the world, then why on earth bother…” (Kobat-Zinn, 2005, pg.1). Most research introduced in this paper are related to motivation in second language acquisition, but it can be applied to the learning process and why most children lose their motivation. Definition of Motivation What...
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...2x case studies Charlotte Charlotte is ten years old and attends merry primary school. The first factor is that Charlotte’s first language is Latvian, and her English vocabulary is restricted to basic words and phrases. Charlotte struggles communicating with other children and her teacher which reflects badly on her progress in all subjects. Charlotte withdraws herself from group discussions and one-to-one conversations due to low esteem. Charlotte also suffers from anxiety which is a second factor. Charlotte has also been blind since birth and this is the final factor affecting Charlotte’s ability to communicate. Due to the age of her class peers, they don’t understand why charlotte is the way she is, so often charlotte gets mocked for being different. During communication Charlotte rarely responds and never asks questions when she is confused or struggling to complete work. To overcome these two communication barriers which are her language choice and disability, it would be useful if Charlotte had the support off a translator who would be able to inform Charlotte of information passed onto her by the teachers and other children, however in Latvian. This would help Charlotte understand what she is expected to do by her teacher but also form relationships with others. Considering charlottes language barrier long-term a mentor may be great for Charlotte. This could be because a mentor could not only support her but also gradually teach Charlotte English words and phrases...
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...than not, teachers and parents usually have estranged feelings that result from suspicions from both sides which can consequently lead to adversaries or competition rather than efforts of empathy and collaboration”. (ELL Families and Schools, 2011). With the number of ELL's are steadily on the rise in our United States schools', it is important that we as teachers learn ways to communicate with the students, as well as their families at home and in the classrooms. The increase of ELL's is putting added stress and pressure on the educational systems and the teachers are forced to train themselves to accommodate for the students and their families. Integrating new programs to accommodate the ELL's in the school can be very challenging not only for the school and the teacher but for the learner and their family as well. It is difficult to teach a non-English speaking student English when they have not yet mastered their own native language. How well the student knows their native language has a huge impact on how well they will learn a new one. Learning a new language can also be difficult because of the slang words and figurative language that we all use everyday. It is challenging for schools to create and teach a curriculum that fit the needs and standards of the ELL 's. We as teachers, need to pay attention to the needs and learning styles of our students and incorporate successful techniques and strategies that have been proven be efficient and successful in language accommodation...
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...Language Areas Difficulty of the College of Education Students of the University of San Jose-Recoletos: A Basis for Remedial Instruction _____________________________________ A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the College of Education University of San Jose-Recoletos _________________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Bachelor in Secondary Education Major in English By: Albino, Rey Jee Dagunan, Maeflo Fariolen, Amilou Ace Saga, Alyanna Mae S.Y. 2014-2015 CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE Rationale It is unquestionably that language plays a very important part in people’s learning process and of course, it can depict the line between excellence and mediocrity. Indeed, mastery of the field is needed and must be developed. Language, as a general thought has numerous definitions due to the fact that people would likely see things from various viewpoints. However, majority of the characterizations of language appears to be analogous with one another. Among the definitions, language is primarily a mental faculty that allows humans to undertake linguistic behavior: to learn languages and to produce and understand utterances (Haser and Fitch 2003). Furthermore, language is seen as a formal system of signs governed by grammatical rules of combination to communicate meaning (Trask, 2007). This definition stresses that human languages can be described as closed structural systems consisting of rules that relate particular signs to particular...
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...college or even when they start attending Deaf Clubs. Deaf communities consider themselves family and believe in taking care of each other, Deaf take care of Deaf. Deaf value Deaf of Deaf, they want to preserve deafness. While hearing people want to do away with deaf by cochlear implants and even hearing aids, are hearing people’s way of fixing their deafness. Deaf people do not need to be fixed. They are very capable of leading a normal life. They think this would destroy Deaf culture; besides cochlear may improve only environmental sounds but it does not cure deafness completely. To go with cochlear, oralism is not thought highly of either. Being forced to speak or learn to lip read is a waste of time to a majority of the Deaf community. It was said that sign language would make kids lazy, it is a ghetto language. If you can’t talk then you have no rights. This is just another way for hearing people to kill off Deaf culture. Deaf have folklores like ABC stories-poems, ASL stories, stories and narratives, literature puns, riddles, jokes, theater, and visual arts. Introduction is critical for the Deaf....
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...Can Sign Language Help Deaf Children Learn English? One of the most important things to learn in a deaf community is to learn language it is in critical condition. Because of some public schools having deaf students, they have to come up with new ways of teaching English to them. High school graduates that are deaf can read and write, but only at a fourth grade level. This is not good and that is why they have to come up with new ways of teaching children who are deaf. Recently, there have been ideas on what is the best way to teach deaf children language. This was based more on strong feelings then science. Psychologist hopes to change that though. They are providing a scientific base to help them debate of rather or not deaf children should be taught English or should just English be taught? To learn English only it provides oral training, this concentrates on lip reading and written English. It also teaches “total communication” training, which uses English and Sign English. Signed English is just English that is translated into signs. ASL though is a different forum of English; it has its own vocabulary and grammatical structure. To learn oral only and total communication training that has over powered the American education of deaf and hearing children. Did you know that more then ninety percent deaf children are born to hearing parents? These parents want their children in an English only program. They think that learning ASL will “impede” learning English and that...
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...child’s basic needs for health and safety. Developmental care tries to meet all the needs of the growing child for love, guidance, and learning. By the time children are 24 months old, they should be able to understand many of the words that are said to them every day. They usually say about 50 words, and some children can put two words together to make a little sentence. One child may talk better than another but; most children catch up quickly when they have caring adults who help. Twos talk about the things they sense- the things they hear, see, smell, taste, or touch- so teachers should talk about these things with them. Name people, things, and actions for Twos; Talk about what their senses tell them. Talk about the things that are part of their own world so that they will understand what you are talking about. Toddlers use the few words they say in many ways. They will use one word to mean a whole sentence. For example, a child may say “apple” to mean “there is an apple,” or “I want an apple.” One can figure out what Twos mean to say by closely watching what is going on in their world. Listen closely whenever they talk, and figure out what they mean. Then you can help them learn to say more by adding the rest of the words to their sentences. There are numerous theories about language acquisition, and they include 2 main schools of thought: 1. Nature- These...
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...their environments. Deafblind people are isolated from the world, and they are not given chances to explore and learn. Sighted interpreters and sign language help the deafblind communicate with other people, but do not expose them to communicating on their own. New and improved communication ways can help the isolated deafblind converse with others, making them feel more independent. Deafblind people need to communicate in order to...
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...included in this process (Yell, 2012). Teachers should find other ways to support families, as well. Children with hearing and vision impairments can be first observed in the sensorimotor stage of development. Children with vision impairment are commonly observed failing to reach for an object. Hooper and Umansky (2014) suggest that reaching for or obtaining an object that makes sound does not occur until the second year for children with vision impairments (Hooper and Umansky, 2014). For children...
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...Writing Assignment #1 – Communicative Language Teaching Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is a learner-centered theory of language teaching that starts from a communicative model of language and language use, and that creates a de-sign for an instructional system, for materials, for teacher and learner roles and behaviors and for classroom activities and techniques (Richards, Rodgers, 1986: 69). CLT is generally re-garded as an approach and not a method, because the main principles can be applied in many different ways. The main goal of CLT is to develop the communicative competence (Richards, Rodgers, 1986: 71). Teachers have the possibility to use lots of different methods to achieve “communication competence” and they have a large flexibility in how they apply the princi-ples of CLT to their own contexts. The teacher should adjust his teaching to the needs and interests of the learners to encourage communication and cooperation. Pronunciation, vocabu-lary, grammar and structure are not priority, it is more about satisfaction and self-confidence of the learner. The teacher is the manager, co-participant as well as motivator and competent speaker in the classroom. Language problems should be solved through communication so the teacher should either tolerate/respect or support learner’s utterance. For the learner it is im-portant to communicate and discuss at every chance. It is not important to understand every-thing, it is more desired to compromise and take risks and if...
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...methods used to determine a learning disability. Researchers have pinpointed risks that, if left untreated, can lead to future problems with the person. A history of disorders; behaviors such as pronunciation, cooperation such as turn taking, and keeping focus on a task, are some signs of a learning disability. Treatments are readily available to better these risks. These treatments include special education, speech and language therapy, and in some cases, medications can help to enhance the child’s strengths and weaknesses as well as enhancing their attention and concentration. Why are preschoolers not diagnosed with learning disabilities? Learning disabilities are faced by many people in the world today. Aram, Morris and Hall (1992) define learning disability as the impairment or deviant development of comprehension and/or use of a spoken, written, and/or other symbol system. Someone with a learning disability may have trouble with the form of language such as the use of the phonological, morphologic, and syntactic systems. One may have trouble with language content which includes the grammatical points of language, the sound system of the language, and new vocabulary one will learn. Learning disabilities can occur from genetic influences, lack of brain development, and environmental impact (Harring & Lovett, 1992). Courtman and Mumby (2008) estimate that 40–80% of children with learning disabilities have no identifiable cause. The most common identifiable...
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...children learn A special supplement to the Children’s Advocate, based on a policy brief from the Bay Area Early Childhood Funders (References at www.4children.org/play.htm) generation ago, kindergarten was supposed to get kids ready for school. But now everyone is talking about the importance of “school readiness” before kids get to kindergarten. That’s why many parents, anxious for their children to succeed in school, want early care and education programs to have children sit at tables using work sheets, drills, and flash cards to learn letters and numbers and even starting to read, add, and subtract. But preschoolers learn differently from school-age children: play is essential to early learning. Play is the main way children learn and develop ideas about the world. It helps them build the skills necessary for critical thinking and leadership. It’s how they learn to solve problems and to feel good about their ability to learn. Children learn the most from play when they have skilled teachers who are well-trained in understanding how play contributes to learning. Most child development experts agree that play is an essential part of a high-quality early learning program. Play is not a break from learning—it’s the way young children learn. A time following teachers’ instructions. Several studies have shown that children learn more from educational activities that support their own interests and ideas. Some researchers have found evidence that too much teacher-directed...
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...Helen, a girl who was born without any abnormalities until the age of 19 months that she came down with a fever. Leading to an acute congestion of the stomach and the brain, the doctor said she might not recover, although she did survive it lead to her being blind and deaf as a result. Helen’s autobiography talks about her childhood when she met Anne Sullivan, to learning to use sign language, to being able to learn to read on her own, which led her to write her first short story titled "The Frost King,” to Mr. Anagnos, but was sad at the fact it was plagiarized and was found similar to, "The Frost Fairies" by Miss Margaret T. Canby, in a book called "Birdie and His Friends,” and how it affected her friendship with Mr. Anagnos had ended because no one believed that she did not intend to plagiarize the story. She also talks about her visit to Boston, to the Perkins Institute, and seeing other children who are blind and chat with them, "what joy to talk with other children in my own language" (Ch9). Helen also talks about going to Radcliffe College for the first time and overcoming obstacles with her teacher, Anne Sullivan; for example, when she could not get her books published in Braille in time and it was a difficult learning process but Anne had some difficulty signing into Helen’s hand. She talks about Anne and her new acquired friendships such as with Mr. Anagnos, Alexander Graham Bell and Mark Twain. Helen was a difficult spoiled child, when she would scream and throw temper...
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