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Not enough Deaf ASL Teachers. Need more Deaf people to take ASL field to teach..
it may be deaf people’s language, but if they don’t know ASL the structure, grammar etc. why does it matter if it’s hearing or deaf who teach it??// on the other hand i do agree more deaf teachers should teach asl.. so where are all those deaf teachers??
It is true that most school districts in Houston do hire “hearing” teachers who knows a little about ASL and the community to teach ASL. I found some ASL students’ sign language skills that needs a lot of improvement, especially their receptive skills.
I am truly supporting for Deaf people who are ASL users to take ASL courses to understand the structure that will help their writing and reading comprehension.
I wish I could understand what you are saying. Would you consider typing subtitles for us hearing folk?
I am glad to see your video.. I agree with you but when I used live in Texas I notice that they have alot deaf teacher in around Texas. Right now I am living in California, they have few ASL teacher but I am still havin problem with hearing teach cause I take acting training class school. God help me.. lol.
I AGREE !!!!!!! MORE DEAFS COME ON!!!!
We should start by implementing mandatory ASL classes in deaf schools. I’d say MOST deaf people don’t use proper ASL. Hearing people take English class, deaf should have ASL, as well. You can’t teach it if you don’t know it.
why dont u become teacher , why not come on , u make me very inspirit and emotion hard to tell maybe u know what i mean mmmm.. please add me ??
Well, if it was to have ALL Deaf teachers just to Teach ASL…. what about the other subjects?
In my View: Reason why Hearing Teachers are teaching ASL is because… well for one, it could be a CODA(something related to “of Deaf adults.”) or was inspired by a Deaf person to take up the language because… they love it. They want to teach the beautiful language to the rest of the world… for Visual Language is one of the most beautiful things in the world. So, Let Hearing do what they want. =)
Great vlog!
im going to college to learn so i can teach!
i cant wait!!!
I had a deaf teacher for my freshman, sophomore, and junior year in high school. And he was truly one of the best teachers I’ve ever had. Unfortunately, last year, they took it out of the curriculum. I wasn’t able to take a fourth year of it. I am hearing and I hope to become an interpretor and possibly a teacher. I will try very hard to teach the way my ASL teacher taught me. Positively and straight forward. Thank you for your video.
I think the most important thing is that the person is qualified and a good teacher — but — what I liked about my sister’s ASL teacher, who is deaf, is that my sister came out of class knowing very basic signs, but with the VERY firm conviction that if she has a deaf child, to have him or her learn ASL from birth and have the whole family learn it, and enroll the child in a school for the deaf that emphasizes bilingual ASL and English education.
I undestand the need to have deaf to take the roles of being ASL teacher in hearing student classes because deaf teachers have better exposures for hearing to learn ASL and deaf cultures. I taught ASL at community college for several years. The thing is that it is better to have hearing teachers teaching ASL than none if the deaf aren’t available. Don’t you think?
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I agree that a Deaf teacher is best, but like you said not all communities have someone who is Deaf AND can teach. In that situation which is better, a hearing teacher or no teacher at all? I’m an interpreting student and my ASL teacher is Deaf and strongly in Deaf culture and a big advocate of ASL. The problem, though, he’s Deaf and we’re not. There are frequently misunderstandings about homework and tests. Many people fail his class because he’s not clear or he misunderstands a question.
hey, can you please give a transcript to your video logs? It would really help those of us wanting to learn ASL (you being our teacher who is Deaf!) I agree with you. I have had both hearing and Deaf teachers, and not only do I think I learned MORE from my Deaf teachers, my hearing teachers allowed talking in class and my Deaf teachers DID NOT. That made all the difference. You learn faster when you’re forced to communicate in the language you are trying to learn. Thanks!
Curious, pre-college at HCC in center. Should I taking ASL teacher or must have MSD?
Wow. For myself, I’d fear too many deaf people doing that job; obviously you need teachers but one for every so many deaf people.
Its good you mention the need tho. Mabye more people will take that job. :D.
I am in my 5th semester of ASL classes and so far all of my teachers have been deaf. I am in Phoenix, Arizona. I believe there are less hearing teachers for ASL here than deaf teachers.
I think this is a very good point. I’ve taken classes with both Deaf and hearing (CODA) teachers in my interpreting program. I think to teach a second language you have to have a powerful command of BOTH languages regardless of your hearing levels. You must have the ability to have educated discourse about the linguistics of both languages. I agree that more Deaf should take the opportunity to learn their own language fully, but the teachers should be whoever is best qualified – Deaf or not.
My wife is deaf, and my daughter is going to be soon, along with my son. Me? My hearing is pretty good, even though I don’t listen sometimes. LOL! I just wanted to pose a question that a deaf friend (and teacher to the deaf) posed to me; Why is it that ASL is the only uniquely American language, yet only 4% of public schools in America teach it as a regular part of their cirriculum? Makes no sense. I can sign, and what this cat just said kind of adds up. Great video!
It is difficult to be fluent in English when one can’t hear or speak the language. It is a very aural language. Think of the Gallagher routine: after, laughter, daughter, thought, though, go, do….there is a melody to the language that the spelling rules unfortunately obscure. (This is because the archaic spelling is retained, even though the pronunciation has changed over time.)
Difficult, but not impossible. Many ASL posters, though, are noticeably different in their use of English.
a)English is a written language, too, not just a spoken one.
b)People learn English in a country where essentially nobody speaks Spanish, don’t they?
This is not to say that there aren’t people (the hearing children of ASL users, for instance) who are fluent in both languages and who can understand the difficulties in translation better. Given the choice of just one, though, you want to learn from someone who is fluent in the language you’re trying to learn. That is the main thing.
OregonBLB, how does one translate from English to ASL if they can’t even hear what is being said??
Learning another language isn’t always about “getting the most out of the experience.” You can be tought Spanish a lot quicker by someone who knows both spanish and english, than by someone who only knows spanish. Same goes for ASL. If you want the full experience, then find a non hearing ASL teacher. If you want the experience of spanish, get a non english speaking teacher… or move to spain.