Re: How the Deaf Learn to Read

"Herman" == Herman Rubin <hrubin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> English should be no different from Chinese to such a
>> person. When learning to read English, I assume that their only
>> option is the whole-word method.

Herman> Not so. As I understand it, it was Alexander Melville
Herman> Bell who invented a descriptive system of writing sounds,
Herman> so that deaf people could be taught to pronounce. Phonics
Herman> can be used with this, and the method of sound
Herman> combinations still used for more flexible learning.

This approach of teaching WRITTEN English to deaf people sounds to me
like teaching colour-photography to blind people so that they could
express themselves using colourful photos.


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Lee Sau Dan 李守敦 ~{@nJX6X~}

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