Draw
Elect one person to draw for a round of Pictionary!
The word was: Hearing Aid
Write the order Nover proposes is a more natural (and successful) developmental sequence for Deaf-signing children for the following 3 concepts: Literacy, Oracy and Signacy
"Nover (2010) proposes a more natural (and successful) developmental sequence for Deaf-signing children: first signacy, then literacy, and then oracy. In contrast, Hearing children's natural langage develops with oracy first, then literacy." (p. 383)
Elect one person to act out a word/concept for the group
Answer: ASL
What is the name of the only standardized measure of ASL acquisition for young children in the United States?
The Visual Communication Sign Language Checklist (VCSL) (p. 387)
Elect one person to draw for a round of Pictionary!
The word was: Closed Captions
Write at least 5 examples of modalities of translanguaging Deaf-signing individuals use.
Examples include: signing, fingerspelling, reading, writing, mouthing, lipreading, speaking and gesturing (p. 383)
Elect one person to act out 8 different facial expressions.
Answers: Happy, sad, angry, confused, surprised, disgusted, scared, bored.
You decide: What topic from this chapter do you want to discuss? Do you have any remaining questions? What further research would you like to do/see more of?
Points will be provided for a valid discussion prompt
Design a visual that would help a deaf student understand a classroom topic.
List at least 4 tasks that Deaf-signing children do better on when compared with Hearing-speaking children
"Deaf-signing children do better on tasks that assess peripheral vision, forming mental pictures (visual imagery, remembering pictures or objects in a room (visuospatial memory), visuospatial cognition, remembering moving objects, mental rotation, quick changes in visual attention, scanning visual material, detecting motion and recognizing faces." (p. 380)
Additional Note: "However, from the 1960s onwards, psychologists realized that when appropriate tests of non-verbal intelligence were administered, then scores showed that Deaf-signing people do not differ significantly from Hearing-speaking people" (p. 379)
Elect one individual to mouth a phrase, the rest of the group must read their lips to correctly guess the phrase
Phrase: Bilingual Education benefits all students
What are some ways we can meet the goals of strengthening Deaf-signing children’s linguistic, social and cultural identities?
Encourage sign language use, provide support and accessibility, connect with the deaf community, learn about deaf culture, express validation of their identity, cooperate with them as well as trained professionals
With your group, draw a Venn diagram that demonstrates the similarities and differences between signed languages and spoken languages. Come up with at least 2 ideas for each section.
Examples
Similarities: Both functionally complete languages, both have some developmental similarities (brain hemisphere, critical period, necessity at a young age), both use facial expression and body language to support understanding, both have multiple languages, both use translanguaging and codeswitching.
Differences: Vocal vs gestural, utilization of tone of voice, methods of translanguaging (fingerspelling, mouthing), may have different needs.
Make an acrostic for one of the following words: deaf, sign or bimodal.
Points to be granted by Group 3 members
ASL/LSM Matching Activity: Each member of your group will be given a card with either the ASL or LSM sign for a word. Your goal is to find the person that has the same word but in the other signed language.
Points provided for correctly matching first set of pairs
How can we accommodate for a Deaf individual that comes from another country speaking a different spoken and signed language other than English and ASL?
Professional interpretation is most beneficial if it is available. Other useful aids include visuals, gestures, realia and written cognates.
Draw a timeline with the following events:
The founding of the first private school for Deaf children, establishment of the American School for the Deaf (ASD), the tumultuous 103 years in which bilingual education declined considerably, the zenith of oralism, the Congress of Milan and the revoking of the harsh policy by the International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED)
1760-Founding of the first private school
1817-Establishment of ASD
1867-Beginning of the 103 tumultuous decline
1880-Congress of Milan
1926-Zenith of Oralism (Including the vote by ASD to eliminate the language of signs from all departments as a mean of instruction)
1970-End of the 103 tumultuous decline
2010-Revoking of Oralism policy by ICED
(p. 378-379)
Fill in the crossword puzzle:
Refer to answer key
Elect 2 people to do a team charades
A teacher accommodating for a Deaf-signing student
In contemporary Deaf academics, how can we focus on the school policy redefining inclusion?
Push for things such as bilingual and bimodal training, equitable resources for communication and understanding, fair assessments, culturally responsive teaching and respectful communication