tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21153604.post7511357329695662695..comments2024-03-10T21:49:37.789-04:00Comments on Adventures in Mama-Land: Sign Class PeeveTziviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11828930310967808828noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21153604.post-11275599151383092212010-03-16T20:23:32.276-04:002010-03-16T20:23:32.276-04:00Definitely need to chill, don't I?
The truth i...Definitely need to chill, don't I?<br />The truth is, this instructor HERSELF often speaks under her breath. I took a course with her before where I learned NOTHING because she was talking the whole time! In this course, she's been really good and hasn't been talking, which is partly why it bugs me that this student is.<br />It's a small classroom and we all sit fairly close together; moving out of earshot is not an option.<br />Hearing people, by the way, are generally cautioned that it's poor form to speak as you sign.<br /><br />Oh - and here's a point of trivia: when fingerspelling, mouth the WORD, not the LETTERS. Lipreaders won't follow if you say the letter names, but might if you say the word "cat" as you spell C-A-T. :-)Tziviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828930310967808828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21153604.post-56417186813892110652010-03-16T17:16:17.960-04:002010-03-16T17:16:17.960-04:00Chill!
Some people are kinesthetic learners, some...Chill!<br /><br />Some people are kinesthetic learners, some people are auditory learners, and some people are visual learners. My guess is that person is somewhere between kinesthetic and auditory and she needs to say the words out loud (auditory and kinesthetic) in order for her brain to "get it". <br /><br />That said, I think you can approach the instructor privately and let her know it's really bugging you. Then the instructor could gently speak to her and suggest that she mouth or perhaps quietly whisper the words to herself if she must verbalize them. And, you can move where you sit, so you are not so close to her. I'm sure you will be much happier doing these steps than fuming every class time, and it would be the kind way to handle it with your classmate. <br /><br />I worked with deaf people, and I have to say it was the noisiest environment I ever worked in. Many deaf people verbalize the words or make other sounds as they sign them (many hearing people, too, BTW) and since they can't hear, they cannot regulate the volume. <br /><br />Deep breaths!JanKnitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06178703790352191912noreply@blogger.com