Re: Mathematical ASL?



On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, David C. Ullrich wrote:

> I have a deaf student in an "advanced" class. He has an
> interpreter rendering ASL, great.
>
> But it's occurred to me that there may be a problem here,
> because I'm not speaking English in class, I'm speaking
> "mathematical English". For example "sequence" and
> "series" are synonyms in English, so I'd guess that
> they might be translated to ASL in the same way,

> Or does someone have experience/suggestions on what
> to do about this is general?
>
Talk to the interpreter about your concerns.
.



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