about captioning, I am in between two world, I cant hear well enough to understand without caption and I am not fluent in ASL yet but trying to build up my signing. I understand about captioning every video and I feel ASL is accessible to the general population except for blind (they will need caption for technolgy that help them read) it would be nice if you blog about it (i actually learning new signing when it is captioned)
yes, I've seen people without hearing aids and even CI do better in written English. Some even speak clearer. anyway I am profound deaf since birth (in the low 90's db in both ear...enough to qualify for CI) and wore powerful hearing aids all
@siglmgga Didn't you realize I do include subtitles from time to time? It is very very time consuming. I tend to offer transcripts in my blog for years as well. Just that this kind of question is tiring and somewhat disrespectful to ASL users. Thank you for supporting on your part of your advocacy though.
sterling, my child is hearing. I would not want people to discriminate him because he is hearing. If he want to teach deaf about spoken language, then so be it as long as he have a healthy attitude toward ASL and does not think Spoken language is more important.there's nothing wrong with teamwork (working with hearing people) as long as done right ( especially respecting a child's human rights).
being able to voice is very helpful. I am sure some want to use it for emergency. written English is based on the spoken language. Sure we can read it without voicing, but it make it easier to understand written English if we can voice it (phonic, rhymes, tones). But for some of us, we need hearing aids to hear to make it easier learn Spoken English(or we'll have heavy therapy).
@butterflyfirefly77 My son is profoundly deaf and doesn't wear hearing aids at all although it was provided to him at an early age but he rejected it (his db is over 110) however he has excellent English command skills better than those who relies on aural/phonics. He had early access to ASL. Researcher Mayberry stated that it is not necessarily the case that phonics influence reading skills so thought it is interesting for you to know it is a myth and my profoundly deaf son is a living proof.
Can you do an entire vlog on oracy? I don't understand how oracy is a language. I asked Steve Nover and experts to explain me how do I use oracy in teaching. They couldn't come up with a way of teaching. I hope you can clarify this. I find oracy to be useless. I use signacy and literacy completely. The result is remarkable when oracy fails.
@TheSterlingJOe Like I said in my video, oracy is an accessory and it is not used primarily to introduce newly learned concepts as L1 (ASL) is a language of instruction to be used. Oracy is just a tool to benefit for those who have residual hearing that they have concepts already learned in their L1 that they can make transition to speaking and listening. It is not your position to say it is useless since there are Deaf/HOH kids out there who do benefit from it.
@TheSterlingJOe Do an entire vlog on oracy? I will consider it since I went through a brainstorming workshop on it and applied it in my practice. It all depends on the individual. Do I always practice oracy in my bilingual instruction? It depends on the class and age and the curriculum demands. Most of the time, no.
@avbria The question is, "How can a deaf person do oracy?" I am still clueless. They told me that I have to bring in speech therapist or a hearing teacher. What can a deaf person to do oracy to be fully free of relying on a hearing person?
@TheSterlingJOe You raised a very important question. That's why we must have language planning and that portion of Deaf teacher's lesson plans should be shared with designated oracy specialist to focus on what kind of needs that should be addressed for these students especially in group activities in a separate time. For Deaf teachers like us, we can do simple stuff like reinforcing the memorization of long words through fingerspelling/mouth movement. For example (cont'd)
@TheSterlingJOe (part 2) cont'd When teaching history (Ford T-Model antique cars) or certain words ending with -que, we should make students aware that we don't produce rounded lips but stretch our mouths in the end. I do share that with my profoundly deaf students and they were like "oh really didn't know that!" So that way when they sign these kinds of words, they won't make themselves looking like out of lip sync if they chose to use lip movements when fingerspelling these certain words.
@kagoatweed I was told that there was a funny noise in the background coming from the TV (forgot to shut it off) that was kind of annoying so I had to find a way to cover this sound so chose this soundtrack. I know it is not the best choice but I really want to mute it but couldn't find a way to do it unless I had to reload it again but if I do that I would lose all of this wonderful dialogue here so just move on with this African landscape background, oh well...
Thank you so much. A s anon natice interpreter I am always trying to be as ASL as possible and so I have found myself staying away from the formal register. Thank yo for helping me understand that formal register is still ASL. I know it will increase my range of interpreting I will feel comfortable doing. Thank you for your honesty.
@Baachoo143 I still believe it is crucial on focusing on using ASL sentence structures and using classifiers when using formal register to present yourself in a such clear matter as much as possible that will captivate the audience. Wish you best of luck!
@siglmgga A LOT OF TIME is required to subtitle so you can go to the link and see all of the information that is available in English which may fill in for those who don't have access to ASL. Please do not always expect ASL signers to automatically insert subtitles because to demand them is annoying and they are just volunteers. How about advocating for Deaf and HOH people to inform CNN and the likes who are mult-millionaire industries to subtitle their spoken English to make it accessible?
Oh, also, I think you do know that PSE is now considered to be a wrong term for that form of signing representing the contact between ASL and English. I'm sure you used "PSE" for convenience here, but you might want to clarify a bit in a further vlog.
@DrDonGCSUSYes, I realize that there is a confusion of what is PSE and Academic ASL. Have you gotten the chance to read the pdf file on Academic ASL? I just added the link in the description for your convenience.
@TheSterlingJOe@DrDonGCSUS Yes, Joe is correct that Bi-Bi is outdated that we use the term, bilingual, instead of "Bi-Bi" since bi-culture means it is restricted to two cultures. There is a sensitivity to ethnic cultures (Spanish, French, etc.) especially when it comes to their families sharing their religion, customs and traditions that their Deaf/HOH children often engage in these practices more than speaking ethnic languages that are not typical especially here in America.
I hear birds and african signing.. :)
hamolina 1 year ago
about captioning, I am in between two world, I cant hear well enough to understand without caption and I am not fluent in ASL yet but trying to build up my signing. I understand about captioning every video and I feel ASL is accessible to the general population except for blind (they will need caption for technolgy that help them read) it would be nice if you blog about it (i actually learning new signing when it is captioned)
butterflyfirefly77 1 year ago
my life. hearing aids nor CI is not perfect anyway. so I can see those who dont use it can do well
butterflyfirefly77 1 year ago
yes, I've seen people without hearing aids and even CI do better in written English. Some even speak clearer. anyway I am profound deaf since birth (in the low 90's db in both ear...enough to qualify for CI) and wore powerful hearing aids all
butterflyfirefly77 1 year ago
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siglmgga 1 year ago
@siglmgga Didn't you realize I do include subtitles from time to time? It is very very time consuming. I tend to offer transcripts in my blog for years as well. Just that this kind of question is tiring and somewhat disrespectful to ASL users. Thank you for supporting on your part of your advocacy though.
avbria 1 year ago
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siglmgga 1 year ago
sterling, my child is hearing. I would not want people to discriminate him because he is hearing. If he want to teach deaf about spoken language, then so be it as long as he have a healthy attitude toward ASL and does not think Spoken language is more important.there's nothing wrong with teamwork (working with hearing people) as long as done right ( especially respecting a child's human rights).
butterflyfirefly77 1 year ago
being able to voice is very helpful. I am sure some want to use it for emergency. written English is based on the spoken language. Sure we can read it without voicing, but it make it easier to understand written English if we can voice it (phonic, rhymes, tones). But for some of us, we need hearing aids to hear to make it easier learn Spoken English(or we'll have heavy therapy).
butterflyfirefly77 1 year ago
@butterflyfirefly77 My son is profoundly deaf and doesn't wear hearing aids at all although it was provided to him at an early age but he rejected it (his db is over 110) however he has excellent English command skills better than those who relies on aural/phonics. He had early access to ASL. Researcher Mayberry stated that it is not necessarily the case that phonics influence reading skills so thought it is interesting for you to know it is a myth and my profoundly deaf son is a living proof.
avbria 1 year ago
Can you do an entire vlog on oracy? I don't understand how oracy is a language. I asked Steve Nover and experts to explain me how do I use oracy in teaching. They couldn't come up with a way of teaching. I hope you can clarify this. I find oracy to be useless. I use signacy and literacy completely. The result is remarkable when oracy fails.
TheSterlingJOe 1 year ago
@TheSterlingJOe Like I said in my video, oracy is an accessory and it is not used primarily to introduce newly learned concepts as L1 (ASL) is a language of instruction to be used. Oracy is just a tool to benefit for those who have residual hearing that they have concepts already learned in their L1 that they can make transition to speaking and listening. It is not your position to say it is useless since there are Deaf/HOH kids out there who do benefit from it.
avbria 1 year ago
@TheSterlingJOe Do an entire vlog on oracy? I will consider it since I went through a brainstorming workshop on it and applied it in my practice. It all depends on the individual. Do I always practice oracy in my bilingual instruction? It depends on the class and age and the curriculum demands. Most of the time, no.
avbria 1 year ago
@avbria The question is, "How can a deaf person do oracy?" I am still clueless. They told me that I have to bring in speech therapist or a hearing teacher. What can a deaf person to do oracy to be fully free of relying on a hearing person?
TheSterlingJOe 1 year ago
@TheSterlingJOe You raised a very important question. That's why we must have language planning and that portion of Deaf teacher's lesson plans should be shared with designated oracy specialist to focus on what kind of needs that should be addressed for these students especially in group activities in a separate time. For Deaf teachers like us, we can do simple stuff like reinforcing the memorization of long words through fingerspelling/mouth movement. For example (cont'd)
avbria 1 year ago
@TheSterlingJOe (part 2) cont'd When teaching history (Ford T-Model antique cars) or certain words ending with -que, we should make students aware that we don't produce rounded lips but stretch our mouths in the end. I do share that with my profoundly deaf students and they were like "oh really didn't know that!" So that way when they sign these kinds of words, they won't make themselves looking like out of lip sync if they chose to use lip movements when fingerspelling these certain words.
avbria 1 year ago
@TheSterlingJOe One more thing, I did not even say that oracy is a language in my vlog. Please be careful not to put words in my mouth :-)
avbria 1 year ago
...why the birds and bugs soundtrack...?
kagoatweed 1 year ago
@kagoatweed I was told that there was a funny noise in the background coming from the TV (forgot to shut it off) that was kind of annoying so I had to find a way to cover this sound so chose this soundtrack. I know it is not the best choice but I really want to mute it but couldn't find a way to do it unless I had to reload it again but if I do that I would lose all of this wonderful dialogue here so just move on with this African landscape background, oh well...
avbria 1 year ago
Thank you so much. A s anon natice interpreter I am always trying to be as ASL as possible and so I have found myself staying away from the formal register. Thank yo for helping me understand that formal register is still ASL. I know it will increase my range of interpreting I will feel comfortable doing. Thank you for your honesty.
Baachoo143 1 year ago
@Baachoo143 I still believe it is crucial on focusing on using ASL sentence structures and using classifiers when using formal register to present yourself in a such clear matter as much as possible that will captivate the audience. Wish you best of luck!
avbria 1 year ago
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siglmgga 1 year ago
@siglmgga A LOT OF TIME is required to subtitle so you can go to the link and see all of the information that is available in English which may fill in for those who don't have access to ASL. Please do not always expect ASL signers to automatically insert subtitles because to demand them is annoying and they are just volunteers. How about advocating for Deaf and HOH people to inform CNN and the likes who are mult-millionaire industries to subtitle their spoken English to make it accessible?
avbria 1 year ago
Oh, also, I think you do know that PSE is now considered to be a wrong term for that form of signing representing the contact between ASL and English. I'm sure you used "PSE" for convenience here, but you might want to clarify a bit in a further vlog.
DrDonGCSUS 1 year ago
@DrDonGCSUSYes, I realize that there is a confusion of what is PSE and Academic ASL. Have you gotten the chance to read the pdf file on Academic ASL? I just added the link in the description for your convenience.
avbria 1 year ago
Good, clear introduction to these important Bi-Bi concepts!
DrDonGCSUS 1 year ago
@DrDonGCSUS This is more like a bilingual not bi-cultural introduction. So, it should be "Bi". I believe bi-cultural is no longer recognized.
TheSterlingJOe 1 year ago
@TheSterlingJOe @DrDonGCSUS Yes, Joe is correct that Bi-Bi is outdated that we use the term, bilingual, instead of "Bi-Bi" since bi-culture means it is restricted to two cultures. There is a sensitivity to ethnic cultures (Spanish, French, etc.) especially when it comes to their families sharing their religion, customs and traditions that their Deaf/HOH children often engage in these practices more than speaking ethnic languages that are not typical especially here in America.
avbria 1 year ago