Huwebes, Nobyembre 17, 2011

How do people who are BLIND, DEAF and MUTE could learn language?

    Base on the movie remake about the life story of Helen Keller, she learned how to read with a small help of "braille system", which is a method widely used by blind people to read and write. She also learned through card boards which are cut out to make letters where she can also spell out some words that she can use through communicating. In speaking, Ms. Sarah Fuller's technique in teaching Helen in spelling is quite impressive and effective. She let Helen touch her lips, tongue and throat for her to feel her mouths vibrations in pronouncing the words. Through that she can speak but it takes years for a disable person to master all those things. At the start of the movie just like what Anne Suvillan said, "She must learn language for her to communicate." I thought the movie really helped give me insight to some of the hardships deaf/blind people have to face in their daily life,and in trying to learn. Helen throws temper tantrums and acts out because she is so frustrated with her situation. Before this movie, I had never given much thought to how difficult it might be to understand a concept as simple as things have names.


       I would have liked to see more on Helen Keller after she learns to communicate. I know from reading about her that she went to do a number of great things. She became a prolific writer and activist, and many other pioneering things in the hearing as well as the deaf culture. I felt the movie ended very abruptly once she understood the concept that things have names, and I would have liked to see a little more of how she was taught to communicative and understand words.


     

http://www.pocanticohills.org/womenenc/Hkport1.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Helen_KellerA.jpg/220px-Helen_KellerA.jpg
http://www.onthisdeity.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/helen-keller-image.jpg
http://gardenofpraise.com/images2/hkell.jpg
http://www.thedeafblog.co.uk/Helen%20Keller.jpg

2 komento:

  1. Hi. Apology for the late comment. I just got busy with some things concerning my family. Anyway, though the article is very short, you have answered the question. What's lacking here is your review about the movie. Do you like it? What are your comments, whether positive or negative, of the movie? What is its impact to you as a person? Then, I have also noticed that the word "blind" is repeated in your question. Just check it out.

    TumugonBurahin
  2. Sorry for the late response ma'am. I have already edited it, thank you for the comment ma'am.

    TumugonBurahin