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with pride in their culture and realize that they do not need to “be fixed” or that their lack of hearing is “bad”. They understand that they do not need to do their best to be as hearing as possible, as our author experienced Lastly, “no language equals no learning” (Deaf Again, Mark Drolsbaugh, pg. 154). Statics show that deaf children with deaf parents excel beyond those with hearing parents. Since over 90% of all learning happens at home, strong…

questions such as wondering the causes of Deafness to their opinion on hearing people learning American Sign Language. The authors are Deaf and they provide an answer to all of the questions asked even if they seem unreasonable. The variety of questions gives evidence to the oppression and obliviousness of the general public with all of the misinformation assumed by them. Alan, Ron. “Deaf Child 's Sign Language Name Looks Too Much like Gun, Parent Says School Told Him.” U.S. News, NBC News, 28…

demonstration of how the Deaf community can turn the tables is by using humor. One joke called “The Bar Phone” tells of a a group of Deaf people signing in a bar while a table of hearing people stare at them and mock their signs. One member of the Deaf table gets up to use the phone and signs into the receiver. When he is done, a person from the hearing table tries looking into the receiver out of curiosity. This joke was trying to humorously point out that hearing people can often be gullible…

March to early April. We also held sign practices twice each week and the event chairs hosted various events that help to promote for the people who are interested to gain the access of chances to socialized with each other while learning Deaf culture at same time. Our group is more of leisure-oriented with service-oriented and social-oriented; we attempt to make DRA a place where the members can have fun while learning about the Deaf culture and American Sign Language. We attempt to tie the gap…

empower deaf people to communicate freely. Many people do not see sign language as a real language so it is brushed off they are seen lower than common languages such as English Spanish. With this idea there identity is lost so I would have to implement methods of informing the public so that they could see what deafness is all about. Classes that teach ASL should also be teaching the struggle of the deaf community and how we are all equal. Another strategy would be establishing new methods in…

Each author has their own strategies and method to persuade the audience in believing in their point of view. There are variety of rhetorical strategies that can be used depending on the author’s goal of what they are trying to convey. For example, pathos are used to manipulate a reader’s emotion by creating an emotional response. Another example are logos, which is persuading the audience through and appeal of logic, and hypophora which is asking a question and answering it immediately. Even…

There is constant confusion between body language and sign language, sign language is a form of spoken language, whereas body language varies based on different circumstances; giving it no specific meaning, grammar, or rules. Body language, though not a recent discovery, has only begun to be researched in depth, making…

Deaf Again is an autobiography of the life of Mark Drolsbaugh. Mark analyzes and discusses the psychosocial and educational aspects of deafness by using experiences and his family’s encounters throughout his life. He begins with Sherry, Mark’s mother’s experience of his birth to exemplify how the deaf are treated due to the communication gap between the deaf and hearing. He then discusses experiences that impacted his psychosocial, emotional, and educational development from the time he was…

He also talks about the growth of American Sign Language, and it how it has evolved to be most effective when combined with the hearing community. Moving onto Deaf literature, Holcomb shows how Deaf literature has moved from consumption by only Deaf individuals to being more accessible for all people…