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Date: 19th November 1994
Service: CEEFAX
Region: N/A
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC2
Current Page: 713
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P713 CEEFAX 713 Sat 19 Nov 15:01/41 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 1/6 FROM SHARON RIDGEWAY OF MANCHESTER "I read the letter from 'Ilyan' of Carmarthen last week. "He seemed to be saying that we cannot expect deaf people to be able to read more than at the level of an eight-year-old because of 'brain disease' related to the cause of deafness. "I think Ilyan is saying that a lot of our deaf community members have learning difficulties because they cannot read very well." cont...Community Pages 720 Environment 730Religious World 740 User Guide 198SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt Religion
P713 CEEFAX 713 Sat 19 Nov 15:02/12 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 2/6 FROM SHARON RIDGEWAY OF MANCHESTER "Such information is destructive to arguments presented by deaf people for hundreds of years. "It is now clear that forcing deaf people to lipread a language that is not easily accessible (oralism) is silly and discriminatory. "There has been a great deal of research to prove that the level of achievement of deaf people suffered due to no access to what they were being taught." cont...Community Pages 720 Environment 730Religious World 740 User Guide 198SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt Religion
P713 CEEFAX 713 Sat 19 Nov 15:01/24 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 3/6 FROM SHARON RIDGEWAY OF MANCHESTER "The school curriculum was not accessible because of the way deaf children were being taught, not because of learning difficulties! "Bilingualism (Sign Language and Signed English) means that teaching can be accessible and understood. "The results of the research have been very encouraging and I hope people try to check the facts more carefully before reaching their conclusions". Next Write Hear update: 26 November
P713 CEEFAX 713 Sat 19 Nov 15:01/44 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 4/6 FROM FRANK BOWLER OF CHEADLE "I have no quarrel with 'Ilyan' of Carmarthen's advocacy of sign language as a learning language. "But it is not reasonable that the average reading age of profoundly deaf school-leavers is only eight, because Conrad's survey excludes children too multiply-handicapped (presumably including those brain- damaged) for normal deaf education. "The minimum possible reading age in this survey was seven years." cont...Religious World 740 User Guide 198SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt Religion
P713 CEEFAX 713 Sat 19 Nov 15:01/14 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 5/6 FROM FRANK BOWLER OF CHEADLE "Thus the average reading age of eight shows that teaching methods up to 1974-76 (the years of the survey) were worse than Ilyan realises. "Obviously, there have been changes since 1976 — more signing in deaf schools? Have such changes led to any improvement in the reading age of profoundly deaf pupils? "Hence my advocacy of regular surveys similar to Conrad's, as we need proof of the efficacy of these changes." SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt Religion
P713 CEEFAX 713 Sat 19 Nov 15:01/28 READHEAR EDITOR'S NOTE 6/6 "All letters to Read Hear may be edited at the Editor's discretion. "Read Hear is happy to publish letters without the writer's name and/or home town, but these MUST be included in the original letter. "It would also be helpful if letter writers could include a fax, phone or minicom number. "Please keep your letters as short as possible and send them to: Read Hear, PO Box 701, Glasgow G42 9XG." Items for the next edition of Read Hear must be received by 30 November SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt Religion
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