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A Few Misunderstandings |
* ASL means American Sign Language, Based on gestures, signs and face expressions used by deafs and hard of hearing to communicate. * ASL is the predominant sign language in USA and most of Canada * ASL has been used for about 500 thousand to 2 million deafs just in the USA and it’s the third most-used language in America * ASL is a natural language as any other, and it keeps evolving and growing as every alive language, its syntax and grammar are different from the oral languages * “I'm going to the store at 9:00AM.” “9-HOUR MORNING STORE I GO” because sign language tends to follow Subject-Verb-Object or Subject-Verborder. |
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A Few Misunderstandings |
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet * It all begins in 1814 with Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, a minister from Hartford, Connecticut neighbor * Mason Cogswell: neighbor Alice: 9 years old Problems with communication Didn’t know how to teach deaf people Next slide: School * Went to Englandmet Abbe Sicard – Director of Paris school for the Deaf |
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A Few Misunderstandings |
Slide: L'Abbeé * Paris school for the Deaf: Founded in 1771 by L’Abbeé Charles Michel de l’Eppeé * First deaf school * Have been using French Sign Language * Laurent clerc, one of Sicard’s best instructors, was convinced to go to USA with Gallaudet * 1871: first school for the Deaf in America * Gallaudetretired in 1830, and Clerc continued teaching at the school until 1850. * When Gallaudet died in 1851, his youngest son, Edward Miner Gallaudet,continued his legacy in deaf education. Next Slide: Columbia instituition * In 1857 Edward was invited to be the superintendent of Columbia Institution forthe Deaf and Dumb and Blind in Washington D.C. |
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Famous People |
Slide: Deaf culture * A funny fact in Deaf culture is that those who participate in some deaf community are called Deaf with a capital D. Next slide: Cochlear * Tends to view Cochlear Implants as genocide. * Deaf is a culture and they feel that Cochlear Implants are something that tries to fix the deaf. Next slide: Hearing Impaired * Most of Deaf people are very proud of being Deaf (NOT ALL OF THEM) ‘hearing-impaired’ implies there is something impaired or broken * They can do anything |
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Famous People |
Marlee Beth Matlin: Born in August 24th, 1965. American actress Deaf: 18 months old. Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Children of a Lesser God(1986), only deaf performer to win the award. Golden Globe award : work in film and television, 4 Emmy nominations. |
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Famous People |
Louis Jude Ferrigno: Born in November 9th, 1951, American actor, fitness trainer/consultant, and retired professionalbodybuilder. Mr. America and two consecutive Mr.Universe titles. best known for performing the titular role in The Incredible Hulk. Soon after he was born, Ferrigno suffered a series of ear infections and lost75 to 80% of his hearing, though his condition was not diagnosed until he was three years old. |
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Deaf Culture |
Ludwig van Beethoven: German musician diagnosed in 1796 at age 26, congestion of the auditory centers (which later left him deaf ) |
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ASL History |
Slide: Fingerspell Finger Spelling is a technique used to code switch, that means, when you finger spell a concept inEnglish, representing the written English word in space at that moment. |
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ASL History |
Slide: international Each country’s Deafcommunity creates its own Sign Language despite some similarities ofgrammatical features that are shared by all known-signed languages of theworld. |
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What is ASL? |
Slide: ASL is not English Originated independently of English linguistic influence and is its own language with its own rules |