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Monday

Fun Link!

Many students ask me about ways to increase their ability to concentrate, or to focus their attention.

I learned about this website from a Reading Teacher at Tulsa Community College, Linda Mays.

Let me know if you think it helps...and frustration is not unusual smile.

enjoy!

Tuesday

It saddens me to share...

Larry Fleischer, the Chair of the deaf Studies department at California State University, Northridge has passed away.

Read about the breaking story here at the Daily Sundial.

Our condolences to Vera and the family. Larry was a great man and he will be sorely missed.

Deaf in the News

Some international news as well as stories here in the U.S.

Canadian Parents lobby for better services

Deaf users sound off on Sidekick outage

Louisiana Photographer Tate Tullier Voted 'Trailblazer of the Year'

Hearing Man in Deaf Role Stirs Protests in New York

East London mourns deaf activist

Monday

Gallaudet's new President

Gallaudet University announced Sunday that T. Alan Hurwitz would become the 10th president of the nearly 150-year-old school.

Stories here:
NTID

NPR

Newsday


YAY!!!

Thursday

Deaf History Link

This is a short one, because the link I am giving you is long...

The Friends of Libraries for Deaf Action (www.folda.net)put together a great Deaf Legacy Kit in honor of Deaf History Month, 2006. It has all sorts of fun stuff and if you or your library are starting to think about next March, here is a great place to get started.

Enjoy! I did.

Tuesday

More Links!

I was looking for something to post today and found this really excellent link site...

If you are Deaf and into motorcycles stop by Deaf Motorcycle Links.com They site links from all over the world to hook up with like-minded individuals.

Another link worth having that is of a more general nature is The Deaf Resource Library. It is "an online collection of reference material and links intended to educate and inform people about Deaf cultures in Japan and the United States; as well as deaf and hard of hearing related topics."

I love to wander through the Deaf Resource Library. It is a font of worthwhile information. I hoope you find it as useful.

Monday

ASL Idioms

Many people have asked me about idioms in ASL. My teachers have preferred the term "idiomatic expression."

An idiom: A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements; a group of words whose meaning cannot be predicted from the meanings of the constituent words; an expression with a meaning that cannot be guessed from the meanings of the individual words.

There are some items called "idioms" by those of us who are not native users because of what we perceive as separate parts. An example is one of the signs for "forever" which resembles the sign for cow, then extended in movement away from the forehead. To English speakers, it looks like "COW-ON" and so is idiomatic. But most Deaf I ask laugh when I bring up its resemblence to "COW" - they've never thought about it6 that way.

If you would liket os ee one group's translation of several English idioms, try ASLPro.com and their phrase dictionary. Not all of them are produced the same way in every part of the country, so be sure and verify local differences within your Deaf comnmunity.