Tag Archives: about

Knowing about Deafness and Hearing Loss

There are an estimated demographic figure of 36 million deaf and hard of hearing in the United States. Of this large number, only a few million are considered “deaf” and the remainder are “hard of hearing.” Further confusing statistics is the fact that some “deaf” people may actually be “hard of hearing,” and some “hard […]

What do you think about teaching a young child a second language?

I was just talking with a co-worker about her little cousin (I think she’s around 18 months). They are already teaching her Spanish AND Sign language on top of properly learning English. What do you think about teaching a child another language so young? What do you think the ideal age would be to learn […]

SIGN LANGUAGE??? if you know anything about it……help me!?

i want to learn how to sign but…….. is it more useful for me to learn american or british SIGN LANGUAGE??? also, how long do will it take me? i have been learning spanish for about three years and french for four years and i can communicate really well in them but will it take […]

Book/Movie/Short Story about language learning?

I need a book/movie/short story/documentary or any form of literature that centers on the topic of language learning/language acquisition/second language learning. Like, Hellen Keller’s language acquisition in her autobiography (unfortunately, her language learning wasn’t mentioned much, so I can’t use that). I need this as a related literature for my analytical paper about language learning […]

which book is about a girl who teaches a deaf boy sign language and the town thinks she’s a witch?

The book was possibly written in the nineteenth century? I am not sure if she actually teaches him sign language but it is something to that effect. The town or some people think that what she does is crazy and they burn her hand or something to see if she is a witch. .