Georgia State University Series:

1. Georgia State University Series: Bilingual/Bicultural Approach ASL/English

3. What is the Bi/Bi Approach? Basic fundamental belief that Deaf and hard-of-hearing children can code English in their brains IF they first learn to communicate in their �natural� language (ASL) and then in English as a second language.

4. Beliefs about Bi/Bi approach: Bi/Bi is relatively new in the US therefore, no studies yet demonstrate that bilingual-bicultural approach results in any improvement in English language ability. Critics believe that exposure to English as a second language for just a portion of the day will never allow deaf children to be proficient in English.

5. What Role do Parents play? Constant exposure by parents at an early age Parents must be fluent ASL users in order to effectively expose the child to the bi/bi approach Create an environment with plenty of manipulatives, pictures, words, toys, and signs Read to the child regularly so he is exposed to the printed word Constant new vocabulary

6. The importance of Reading

11. Visual Components: Objects: toys and manipulatives Pictures Environment: exposure to the world around you Maps, Diagrams, and other spatial representations

12. The levels a child most go through� Understanding concepts of SAME and DIFFERENT Exploring and understanding CATOGORIES and SORTING Able to make COMPARISIONS OF LANGUAGE

13. More ways ASL and English are different.

14. For Example�

15. Example of plurals:

16. Some structures that are the same in both ASL and English:

17. When teaching a concept from ASL to English� Have the student generate ideas and language Explain it in ASL Translate to ESL-English Explain that it means the same thing but is expressed differently

18. What Role does the Teacher play? Teacher discusses all instructional issues in ASL Teacher develops understanding or comprehension in ASL as the foundation for comprehension in English Teacher exposes student to English primarily through print Teacher directly compares the languages from easiest comparisons to hardest. Teacher shows forms which don�t exist in either language e.g. (much dogs) Teachers use space to convey grammatical structure.

19. What Role does the Student play? Students �take in�English primarily through print Students express English primarily through print Students demonstrate in some way (manipulatives, role-playing, pictures, ASL) that they understand the meaning of the English printed word before coding to print themselves

20. Discussion of ASL Advantages highly accessible children tend to do better academically, behaviorally and socially easier to read than MCE�s knowledge of ASL makes learning English easier Disadvantages child misses valuable learning time while parents learn to communicate English will be a second language rather than a first

21. Glossary:

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