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The Deaf and Language, Sign language: a true language without speech, The…
The Deaf and Language
The Steinberg Written Language Approach for complete communication
The Written Language Approach
Advantages of the learning of written language
The Distinction between reading and written language
How the deaf can communicate with the hearing
Independent Sign Languages (ISLs): American Sign Language (ASL)
American Sign Language
The process of learning ASL
Some characteristics of ISLs
Gestures of hearing people are signs but do not form a language
Sign language: a true language without speech
Speed of signing and speaking sentences is comparable
Complete and incomplete sign language
Dialects and foreign accents in sign language
Language based on speech compared to language based on signs
What is a true language?
The Oral Approach and Total Communication
Oral Approach fails with the severely hearing-impaired
Speechreading (lipreading)
Oral Approach successful with the less hearing-impaired
A sensible approach: Total Communication
Public recognition of ASL and growth of deaf pride
Growing recognition and interest
Deaf pride in the USA
ISLs out of the closet and into respectability
Speech-based sign languages
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Finger spelling: letter by letter
Morpheme by morpheme (MnM)
The sign language vs. Oral Approach controversy
Rationale of Oral advocates in excluding sign language