DEAF 406 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Deaf Culture, Oralism, Pedagogy
DEAF 406
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Wednesday, August 30, 2017 Notes
- Introductions
o Your name
o Your hometown (where you are from)
o Your major concentration and goals
o Something interesting or random about yourself
- What does it mean to be the Deaf learner?
o Mainstreaming concept vs. Deaf schools, oralism, bullying, language delays and
deprivation, Americanization, bilingual/bicultural, multilingual/multicultural,
Deaf identity, colonialism, neglect, hearing families, Deaf experience, language,
culture, self-expression, communication modes, intersectionality, etc.
o Cognitive and linguistic experiences during the critical years, identities,
communication modes, home and school environments, families, incidental and
intentional learning experiences, education choices and placements, languages,
visual and audio technologies, attitudes, socialization, cultures, oppression,
communities, etc.
- Requirements and Expectations
o Everything need to know is in syllabus
o No final exam
o Everything is turned in and completed on Canvas
o Assignments due at 9 am the day the schedule says it is due
o Exams in the ASL Lab
o Don’t have to come the day before Thanksgiving, but she will be here if you want
to discuss anything
o Last class Dec. 6th and last writing assignment due Dec. 8th
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Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Language Instructional Methods of the Deaf Learner
- Writing Assignment #1
o 2-3 pages
o Layout of Assignment
▪ Title Page for BOTH Parts
▪ Part 1
▪ Part 2
▪ Reference Page for BOTH Parts
- Re: Deaf Education and Deaf Students
o One Way
▪ Hearing world
▪ Oralism
▪ Access to things for Deaf individuals is nonexistent or limited
▪ Dominant
▪ Normalization
▪ Have power and privilege
▪ Dehumanization
▪ Hearing ethnocentrism
o Deaf Way
▪ Deaf world
▪ Deaf teachers
▪ Signed languages
▪ Deaf peers
▪ Access to language, education, culture, etc.
▪ Employment opportunities
▪ Socialization
- Languages and Communication Modes used in Deaf Education
o Languages
▪ ASL-English Bilingual Approach
• An instructional approach that focuses on the use of two languages
– ASL and English
• The use of primary and second language pedagogical strategies
o Communication Modes
▪ Contact Signing
• A model of contact between ASL and English
• A “natural” mixture of the two languages due to the cross-cultural
communication between Deaf and hearing individuals
• Formerly known as Pidgin Sign English (PSE)
• Ex: I will go to the store today.
▪ Manual Codes of English (MCE)
• A communication system that uses English-based (or invented)
signed to emphasize different linguistic features of English that are
not found in ASL
• The three most common MCE systems are:
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Document Summary
Introductions: your name, your hometown (where you are from, your major concentration and goals, something interesting or random about yourself. What does it mean to be the deaf learner: mainstreaming concept vs. Deaf schools, oralism, bullying, language delays and deprivation, americanization, bilingual/bicultural, multilingual/multicultural, Writing assignment #1: 2-3 pages, layout of assignment, title page for both parts, part 1, part 2, reference page for both parts. Languages and communication modes used in deaf education: languages, asl-english bilingual approach, an instructional approach that focuses on the use of two languages. Communication modes and languages used in deaf education: 53% use spoken language only, 27. 4% use sign supported spoken language, 12. 1% use sign language only, 5% use spoken language with cues, 2. 5% use other. Gallaudet school for the deaf: braidwood school for the deaf closed because of oralism values, 1830s to 1870s: natural sign language (or the newly emerging american sign.
