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From: Tim.Smith@f429.n275.z1.fidonet.org (Tim Smith)
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Subject: Re: Mensa, iq and deafies
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Date: 17 Jun 91 15:31:16 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Oh yes, they do need to learn English!  BUT- not in place of ASL.
An ASL student with an ENGLISH teacher that signs ASl learns English
much better than a poor deaf kid dumped right into english.

Would  you force a china man to learn english through english, or would
you teach english through his native language, the one that BEST suits
him?

Why not teach english through ASL?   This hasn't hardly been tried yet.

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