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Padden, Carol A. was born in 1955 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
( Written by authors who are themselves Deaf, this uniqu...)
Written by authors who are themselves Deaf, this unique book illuminates the life and culture of Deaf people from the inside, through their everyday talk, their shared myths, their art and performances, and the lessons they teach one another. Padden and Humphries employ the capitalized "Deaf" to refer to deaf people who share a natural language--American Sign Language (ASL)--and a complex culture, historically created and actively transmitted across generations. Signed languages have traditionally been considered to be simply sets of gestures rather than natural languages. This mistaken belief, fostered by hearing people's cultural views, has had tragic consequences for the education of deaf children; generations of children have attended schools in which they were forbidden to use a signed language. For Deaf people, as Padden and Humphries make clear, their signed language is life-giving, and is at the center of a rich cultural heritage. The tension between Deaf people's views of themselves and the way the hearing world views them finds its way into their stories, which include tales about their origins and the characteristics they consider necessary for their existence and survival. Deaf in America includes folktales, accounts of old home movies, jokes, reminiscences, and translations of signed poems and modern signed performances. The authors introduce new material that has never before been published and also offer translations that capture as closely as possible the richness of the original material in ASL. Deaf in America will be of great interest to those interested in culture and language as well as to Deaf people and those who work with deaf children and Deaf people.
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( American Sign Language is a rich and complex language. ...)
American Sign Language is a rich and complex language. Recently declared as an official language and recognized by 48 states as a foreign language, more and more high school teachers across the country are teaching American Sign Language as an elective. Learning American Sign Language: Levels I & II – Beginning &Intermediate is designed to prepare teachers to successfullyinteract with American Sign Language (ASL) users. Lessons are structured around language needed for common-life situations, and examples are presented in the form of dialogues coupled with grammar and vocabulary instruction. Information is also included about the culture of deaf people in the United States. Learners will discover that the book: • Contains lessons designed around the conversational language needed for common life situations. • Illustrates hundreds of sentences and vocabulary with over 2,000 high quality colorized drawings that aid in study and memory. • Contains over 100 grammar and cultural notes, 72 exercises, and charts of the American Manual Alphabet (Finger spelling) and ASL number system. • Teaches the rules of ASL in a natural order that is predictable and compatible with everyday language of native users of American Sign Language. • Incorporates information about the cultural lives of Deaf people in the United States. • Is supported by a video demonstrating all the conversations and important structures in the text. Order the Video! Video to Accompany American Sign Language, 2/e Order No. 0-205-27554-0 American Sign Language students will find themselves captivated and entertained by this state-of-the-art Video that presents all 72 dialogues and each key structure from the text in a clear and natural way. Four internationally known Deaf actors animate the dialogues bringing life to the illustrations in the text allowing students to preview and review instructional materials at home to enhance their classroom learning. About the authors: Tom Humphries is Associate Director of the Teacher Education Program and also teaches in the Department of Communication at the University of California, San Diego. He is currently coordinating a program to train teachers of deaf children using a bilingual approach. Prior to this he taught at Gallaudet University in the Department of English for several years and later served as an Associate Dean for the San Diego Community College District where he coordinated the development of an ASL program and an interpreter-training program. He holds a Ph.D. in Cross Cultural Communication and Language Learning. Dr. Humphries is co-author with Carol Padden of Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture and several other books and articles related to ASL and the culture of Deaf people. Carol Padden is a Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of California, San Diego where she teachers courses on language, culture and media. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and received a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of California, San Diego. Her recent research includes studies of reading development in young deaf children and she has written extensively about the cultural lives of Deaf people in the United States. She received a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, in addition to numerous other awards and grants for her work. In addition to the books she has co-authored with Tom Humphries, she has published several other books and articles on American Sign Language structure. Humphries & Padden (Learning American Sign Language, 2e).
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( In this absorbing story of the changing life of a comm...)
In this absorbing story of the changing life of a community, the authors of Deaf in America reveal historical events and forces that have shaped the ways that Deaf people define themselves today. Inside Deaf Culture relates Deaf people's search for a voice of their own, and their proud self-discovery and self-description as a flourishing culture. Padden and Humphries show how the nineteenth-century schools for the deaf, with their denigration of sign language and their insistence on oralist teaching, shaped the lives of Deaf people for generations to come. They describe how Deaf culture and art thrived in mid-twentieth century Deaf clubs and Deaf theatre, and profile controversial contemporary technologies. Most triumphant is the story of the survival of the rich and complex language American Sign Language, long misunderstood but finally recently recognized by a hearing world that could not conceive of language in a form other than speech. In a moving conclusion, the authors describe their own very different pathways into the Deaf community, and reveal the confidence and anxiety of the people of this tenuous community as it faces the future. Inside Deaf Culture celebrates the experience of a minority culture--its common past, present debates, and promise for the future. From these pages emerge clear and bold voices, speaking out from inside this once silenced community.
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(Learning American Sign Language: Levels I & II--Beginning...)
Learning American Sign Language: Levels I & II--Beginning & Intermediate (2nd Edition) Spiral-bound Tom L. Humphries (Author), Carol A. Padden (Author), Rob Hills (Illustrator), Peggy Lott (Illustrator), Daniel W. Renner (Illustrator)
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(This new DVD to accompany the best-selling sign language ...)
This new DVD to accompany the best-selling sign language book, Learning American Sign Language, brings the art and learning of sign language to life.
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(Written by two leading authorities in the field, this boo...)
Written by two leading authorities in the field, this book is designed to help learners successfully interact with deaf American Sign Language (ASL) users. It is also used as the basic text for a course in ASL. Lessons are structured around language needed for common life situations, and the book is also supported by a videotape.
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Padden, Carol A. was born in 1955 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Linguistics, Georgetown University, Washington, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, University California, San Diego, 1983.
Assistant professor department communications University California, San Diego, 1983—1988, associate professor, 1988—1998, professor, since 1998, chair department communications, 1998—2001, associate dean, division social science, since 2008. Board directors Deaf Community Services San Diego, Inc., 1983—1991, Deaf West Theater, Los Angeles, since 2007.
( Written by authors who are themselves Deaf, this uniqu...)
( In this absorbing story of the changing life of a comm...)
(Written by two leading authorities in the field, this boo...)
(This new DVD to accompany the best-selling sign language ...)
(Learning American Sign Language: Levels I & II--Beginning...)
( American Sign Language is a rich and complex language. ...)
Board trustees Gallaudet University, 1989—2003, vice-chair, 1992—2003. Fellow: Linguistic Society America. Member: Modern Language Association.
Married Tom Humphries.