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Thursday, November 11, 2004
Illuminating Education for Deaf Children
Renowned Experts Attempt to Illuminate
Salient Issues of Educational Interpreting
The current state of educational interpreting is flawed. According to Elizabeth
Winston, editor of
Educational
Interpreting: How It Can Succeed, “Too many students are still being abused
in classrooms that fail to provide adequate access to language, to education,
and to a ‘normal’ least restricted environment. And too little research has been
done to determine whether this practice of mainstreaming has any positive
effects.”
Hence, Winston concedes in her introduction, “This book is a product of many long years of experience in,
enlightenment about, frustration with, and hope for the education of deaf
children. Several of the contributing authors began as interpreters in
education. Most, like myself, have left the everyday work of educational
interpreting in K–12 settings. But some hope is clear, even for the despair
felt by many. All the authors have continued to search for answers, information,
and documentation to illuminate the ongoing problems with interpreted
educations. The lack of respect for interpreters in education, the disregard for
language needs of deaf students, and the need to offer students schooling in
their own districts at the expense of adequate services make up the rationale
for this book.”
Divided into three parts—Deaf Students, Interpreting and Interpreters, and
Improving Interpreted Education—this incisive book explores the current state of
educational interpreting, why it fails, and how it can succeed by defining the
knowledge and skills interpreters must have and developing standards of practice
and assessment. Read more about this intriguing topic in
chapter six, “Competencies of K–12 Educational
Interpreters: What We Need versus What We Have”, and
order Educational Interpreting at a
savings of 20% off the regular price.
 Add
to the fun of learning American Sign Language (ASL) with
The American Sign Language Handshape Puzzle Book
by Linda Lascelle Hillebrand. This unique workbook provides a variety of puzzles
to help you learn, strengthen, or review your signing vocabulary. It was created
as a companion to The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary by Richard A.
Tennant and Marianne Gluszak Brown. The puzzles are games, not tests, so you can feel
free to use the dictionary whenever you are stuck on a sign.
Whether you are a new sign language student or have been signing for a long
time, you will find puzzles to reinforce your knowledge of ASL. The puzzles are divided into three levels—easy, medium, and
difficult. Within each level there are seven different kinds of
puzzles—crossword puzzles, handshape order puzzles, matching games, word search
puzzles, “which one doesn’t belong?” puzzles, and sign description puzzles. Try
them all! Sometimes the easy ones will provide the break you need; other times
you will be looking for the challenge of a difficult puzzle. The answers to all
the puzzles are located at the back of the book.
Order The American Sign Language
Handshape Puzzle Book, and the next time you are waiting at the doctor’s or dentist’s office, or are
riding in a car, bus, train, or airplane, or you just want to take some time for
yourself, do some puzzles. Not only are they instructive, they are fun!
 Sweet
Bells Jangled: Laura Redden Searing, A Deaf Poet Restored, edited by Judy
Yaeger Jones and Jane E. Vallier, received critical favor from The Forum,
The Journal of the Minnesota Independent Scholars’ Forum in its fall 2004
issue. Of Laura Redden Searing’s work of classic poetry, the reviewer writes, “Sweet
Bells Jangled is a must-read for those concerned with the history of ASL and
Deaf education. I would also commend this book to anyone interested in Civil War
studies or in Women’s studies.” Read the full text of the review
here. The literary journal Whistling
Shade also praises Sweet Bells Jangled: “Sweet
Bells Jangled is a fascinating read, enlightened by the capable scholarship
of [Judy Yaeger] Jones and [Jane E.] Vallier.” Read the journal’s
complete review. The fourth volume in the
Gallaudet Classics
in Deaf Studies series, Sweet Bells Jangled features more than 70
poems by Civil War poet Laura Redden Searing. At first writing under the
pseudonym Howard Glyndon, this young deaf poet exploded onto the public scene
with her patriotic poems. But her poetry was more than that, exploring every
aspect of life during her time.
Read an excerpt
and
order your copy.
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