Oral Deaf Education

The history of sign language is littered with shocking events. On several occasions in history, some not long ago, deaf people have been severely oppressed. At one point they were even deprived of their fundamental rights. How their language, sign language, was treated during these oppressive times is directly related to why the deaf place such emphasis on sign language today.

The first person to make a claim about deaf Aristotle. He theorized that people are able to learn by listening to the lyrics. Deaf, then, were considered incapable of being educated.

Deaf people were denied their basic rights because of this claim. They were not allowed to marry or own property. The law has been described as "non-persons".

During the Renaissance in Europe, demand has finally been challenged. After 2,000 years of believing that deaf people can not be educated, the researchers made their first attempt to educate the deaf. This history of the Deaf was the beginning of the development of sign language.

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An Italian doctor named Geronimo Cardano recognized that to learn, you do not hear. He found that by using the written word, deaf people can be educated.

In Spain, Pedro Ponce de Leon at the same time has been the education of deaf children. He was a Benedictine monk and was successful with his methods of teaching.

Juan Pablo Bonet was inspired by the success of Pedro Ponce de Leon and used its own methods to teach the deaf. It was a Spanish monk and used earlier methods of teaching the deaf, which included writing, reading, speech reading, and his own manual alphabet. manual alphabet Juan Pablo de Bonet represented the different speech sounds and was the first known manual alphabet system in the history of sign language.

Until the 1750s, organized the education of the deaf did not exist. Created in Paris by Abbed Charles Michel de l'Epee, a French priest, was the first social and religious association for the deaf.

There is a popular story that was told through the history of deaf Abbe de L'Epee. The story claims that everything was visiting a poor neighborhood Sword of Paris, he met two deaf sisters. The mother had wanted to bring in religion, and she wanted to teach them the sword. The Sword was inspired to educate them after discovering their deafness. Shortly after that meeting, he devoted his life entirely to the education of the deaf.

In 1771, Abbe de L'Epee founded the first public school for the deaf. The school name was the National Institute of Deaf and Dumb Young (National Institute of Deaf-Mutes). Children from across the country to attend this school. Children who have attended the Institute was signed at home and creating a sort of "sign language at home" with their families. The Abbe de L'Epee learned these home signs and used them to teach children French.

Signs Sword learned from his students formed the standard sign language taught Sword. More schools for the deaf have been established and children have brought the standard language in their home communities. This language has become the standard first standard signed language in Deaf history and is now known as Old French Sign Language. More and more deaf students were educated to become the standard language widely used throughout Europe.

The Abbe de L'Epee established twenty-one schools for the deaf and is now known as the "Father of Sign Language and Deaf Education.

The Abbe de L'Epee is also often recognized as the inventor of sign language. This is incorrect. Sign language was invented by deaf people. Even before they are formally educated, deaf children have signed with their families using home made signs. However, the Abbe de L'Epee was t.