2009年9月27日 · Dividing into oralism and manualism is a good idea to get an idea of main controversies, but I still feel those terms are a bit limited. Those two terms does not say much about method, as oralism can be anything from auditory verbal therapy to cued speech, and manualism can be SEE instructions or real/fake bi-bi.

2007年8月27日 · Manualism is the education of deaf students using sign language and oralism is the education of deaf students using spoken language. Since the beginning of formal deaf education in the 18th century, these two philosophies have been on opposing sides of a heated debate that continues to this day, although many modern deaf educational facilities ...

2006年7月3日 · The biggest con of Oralism is that it is still a 'hit or miss' endeavor. If a person misses out, the DHH child is left with subpar language abilities, and almost never recovers. There are only a few 'hits' among that group. I have seen too many DHH people with substandard English skills to recommend the oral approach in Deaf education.

2004年2月15日 · I was raised hearing school mainstream "oralism" and having hard time to understanding. My parent gave it up and send me transfer Deaf School which I"m very identifty strongly DEAF and learned ASL. I can oralism to talk with hearing peoples but depend my voice isn't right.. otherway use pen and paper to communcation. I do not choose to be hearing..

2007年8月27日 · Oralism and the suppression of sign have resulted in a dramatic deterioration inthe educational achievement of deaf children and in the literacy of the deaf generally." And, the article that was originally posted was in support of sign and speech in education of deaf children.

2004年11月1日 · I am a profoundly deaf student who uses Oralism to communicate and I'm currently learning ASL. I study at Lester B. Pearson College, the UWC of the Pacific. I am writing an article as part of my application for a writing internship, and my topic is 'To Speak or To Be Silent', regarding the debate about sign language vs. oralism.

2006年3月12日 · In short, the oralism approach is 'exclusive', and the manual language approach is 'inclusive', lending the former approach an aura of negativity and stigma when viewed by its DHH students. Despite this, I continue to support parental choice, even if they continue to make wrong decisions in complicit with their educational professionals, in ...

2003年5月20日 · BarbDiGi's blogspot Summary: Someone asked me if I were against oralists when I know s/he must have meant oralism because to be against oralists just because they can speak is outrageous! So my response to this modified question is, yes, I am against oralism but not spoken English. Let me...

2006年6月12日 · SEE is a very Englishy signing system. It is very tiring to sign for more than a couple of minutes because of all the word endings, the need to sign every single word, etc.

2004年8月29日 · Passcifist, I hardly think that people here are biased. MANY people here think that the role of a parent should be to give the kid ALL the tools possible. ALL the tools. Speech, literacy, Sign etc. No kid should ever ever have to turn to their parent to ask why they never learned Sign! Why is...