Torres.topictalk.eventissueother.2doc


 * Topic Talk: Event, Issue, or Other Topic of Interest**

List five facts that you already know about this event/issue: 1. One of the most popular sign languages is the American Sign Language (ASL), which is prevalent in the United States as well as some areas of Mexico and Canada.
 * Topic Choice:** Deafness & ASL (American Sign Language)

2. American Sign Language is the 3rd most-used language in the United States.

3.Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Clerc ( professor who worked at an institution in paris for deaf children) moved to the United States where after they opened the American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb in 1817. Today known as The American School for Deaf.

4.The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) is an international non-governmental organisation representing approximately 70 million Deaf people worldwide.

5. The majorities of Deaf people (90%) are born to hearing parents and do not acquire Sign Language as a mother tongue. Sign Language is the first language of the majority of deaf children.

1. How did/will this event/issue impact the world? Learning sign will impact the those in the world who are deaf as well as those who are not. It will allow deaf poeple to work and communicate with people who are not deaf as well as those who are. It will and has also created an equal oppertunity to provide those with this disability the chance at a normal life style.
 * Answer these questions about this person:**

2. For what purpose do you want to write about this event/issue--that is, what argument(s) might you make about it? (For example, you might show how teachers can work with dyslexic students or argue that Hurricane Katrina was a turning point in American politics). I want to write about this issue to show that the average person can learn sign to communicate to deaf people. 3. For what audience(s) do you intend to make your argument(s) about this event? (People who already know about dyslexia? People from New Orleans? Teachers?) Explain. I intend make my arguments on this issue to those that already know sign, deaf poeple, and those who do not know sign. 4. What genres (types of writing) might be appropriate to this topic? (For example, what kinds of writing might associated people (like teachers) write about it? What kinds of writing might be written about it?) 5. Why are you interested in researching this event/issue? How do you personally connect with it? I am interested in researching this topic becuase for my major in education I am also doing a concentration for the deaf and mute, so I will be takinh classes on sign language. I personally connect with this issue because I was a summer camp councilor and worked with deaf children.

What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other? 1. Of your two topic choices, which one do you think you will find the most information about? Please explain. I think I would find the most infromation on the Holocaust being that it was such a major event in history and it impacted some of the human rights acts we have in place today.
 * Resources**
 * The WFD website
 * books at the library
 * ASL interviews
 * Once you have completed worksheets for __TWO__ topics, please answer these three questions; be prepared to discuss your answers in class:**

2. Of your two topic choices, which one do you think will make the most compelling argument for an audience? Please explain. I think the sign language topic will make the most compelling argument because it is a big communication issue in the world today and there are alot more deaf people in the world then we may think. 3. Of your two topic choices, which one do you really like the best? Please explain. I like the topic on sign language best because it is apart of my major and future career and I also have a family member that is deaf.