Intro: History & Culture Flashcards
ASL stands for…
American Sign Language
ASL does not have…
Symbols for articles (a, an, the), being verbs (is, are, am, was, were), pronouns (he, she, it), many adverbs (use of NMM), prefixes and suffices (pre, un, ing, ly), verb conjugations (all present tense), few prepositions
Abbe Charles Michel de L’Epee
The Father of Education for the Deaf
Alice Cogswell
Gallaudet’s Inspiration/Influence
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
The Father of American Education for the Deaf
Laurent Clerc
French Deaf Man, First Deaf Teacher in US
Alexander Graham Bell
Opposed ASL/Supported Oral Method of Education for Deaf
I. King Jordan
First Deaf President of Gallaudet
1755 Paris, France
1st Free School for Deaf established
1817 Harford, Connecticut
1st Free School for Deaf in AMERICA
1864 Washington D.C.
Galludet University opens
March 6th-13th, 1988, Gallaudet University
Deaf President Now (DPN) Protest
MCE stands for…
Manually Coded English
MCE Methods
SEE 1 (Signing Exact English) SEE 2 (Signing Essential English) Rochester Method CASE - Conceptually Accurate Signed English THESE ARE NOT TRUE LANGUAGES
Perspectives of Deafness
Pathological and Cultural