James.Womack@f14.n300.z1.fidonet.org (James Womack) (04/17/91)
Index Number: 15009
[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]
Sam: That's interesting. From my experience working with children,
they often don't have experience with stories. They don't know what
they are looking for. If you try to explain tone or mood to them with
regard to an English story, they are lost . They might be able to
relate it to their life experiences but not to a story written by
another person who has different life experiences and a different
perspective on life and characters. The child will have no concept of
what you are looking f or. That's the problem with teaching children
to read English. They don't really understand what they are reading.
If a child has had no life experiences, and hears or sees no stories,
and then you try to teach him to read a story, you are faced w ith a
tough problem.
I know these stories are not appropriate for young children.
They are more appropriate for high school students, don't you think?
(Response: Yes.) That's what I thought. I need your help with these
stories. I would like to do a pilot st udy. If it would be okay with
ASDB, I'd like to do the pilot study here at ASDB with a deaf studies
class or as a portion of an English literature course. I need to find
out what parts of the series are good and which parts fail so that it
can be r evised.
It's 4:00 now. Deaf time is the best time right! It's after
4:00 on my watch. Thank you for your support and cooperation. I feel
good now. It seems that the response to the series is positive. This
is the first time I've discussed the A SL Literature Series with
anyone outside the UA. Thank you.
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