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Zireael
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Message 17 of 40

31 March 2012 at 9:11pm | IP Logged

songlines wrote:

One quibble about your essay: you write "contrary to popular belief, deaf people are not stupid.." While I
appreciate that you were well-intentioned (and yourself have a hearing impairment), a better phrasing would
have been, "contrary to what some people may believe..." . Here in Canada, I've never noticed a general or
widespread perception (ie, "popular belief") of deaf or hearing-impaired people as being less intelligent than
those with full hearing. - The only situations I can't think of, are ones where children who had hearing
impairments from birth or a very young age were not diagnosed as being deaf/hearing impaired until later: but
in those cases, they were thought "slow" or "inattentive" in school because no one realized they were deaf;
not because they were known to be deaf, and therefore thought of as "stupid".

The essay was originally written for my English studies in Poland. Here in Poland, unfortunately, there is such a widespread perception of deaf.

Thank you for the providing more info about Gallaudet University.

I'm not sure if I'll be continuing the research, but every snippet of info is very valuable to me (and others who might be interested in learning about the topic)...
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Message 18 of 40

01 April 2012 at 3:52am | IP Logged

Zireael wrote:

Here in Poland, unfortunately, there is such a widespread perception of deaf.

Thank you for the providing more info about Gallaudet University.

I'm not sure if I'll be continuing the research, but every snippet of info is very valuable to me (and others who might
be interested in learning about the topic)...

Thanks for the explanation; that stereotype is unfortunate.

-Glad you found the Gallaudet info. interesting and useful; I'm happy to have been able to help.

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Zireael
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Message 19 of 40

12 July 2012 at 5:41pm | IP Logged

Were you ever told you understand a L2 better than your native language? I was just told so and was really surprised.
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OCCASVS
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29 July 2012 at 3:06pm | IP Logged

Zireael wrote:

Were you ever told you understand a L2 better than your native language? I was just told so and was really surprised.

This has never happened to me. But I have noticed that sometimes I can even understand small-talk better in Polish than in unfamiliar accents of Italian language.

I have a question for you all. Do you also heavily make use of IPA and resources on phonology for improving the listening and speaking skills?
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Zireael
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Message 21 of 40

21 August 2012 at 1:48pm | IP Logged

I have got some resources on phonology and IPA, mostly on English, as I am studying English at university and we had a phonology course.

They don't help my listening nor speaking, but at least improve my awareness of sounds and my theoretical knowledge (ie. I can't *tell* a Polish n from an engma, but I *know* that there's an engma in sing)

I think I have some mouth pictures for schwa and ^, but never had enough time to work on them, not to mention I can't differentiate between them and A's either.
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Zireael
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10 October 2012 at 9:38am | IP Logged

I am going to tackle the topic again, and a lecturer recommended I use the materials collected for my Graduate Master (in 3 years time).

So, anyone got any materials/tips to share?
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Zireael
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Message 23 of 40

20 November 2012 at 9:48am | IP Logged

I made a short questionnaire for the end-of-term essay on the topic - if Arekkusu or any other hard-of-hearing member wishes to fill it out, I could whip an English version and send it via PM.

Edited by Zireael on 20 November 2012 at 9:54am
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20 November 2012 at 12:50pm | IP Logged

Sure.

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