Guest guest Posted July 30, 2000 Report Share Posted July 30, 2000 I am definitely not an expert on Visual Phonics, I only took one class on it. But I will explain what it is according to the information I rec'd in the class. VP is a system which associates each sound in our language with a hand signal and a graphic symbol. The difference between sign language and vp is, vp motions represent sounds, not letters or words as sign does. The difference between VP and Cued Speech is VP is not a method of communication. To communicate with VP would be as tedious as fingerspelling each word. It is simply a visual way for HI/deaf/Deaf kids to " see " the sounds of words. I am going to have the school try it this next school year for our 2 deaf daughters phonics-time in class. We'll see....... The choices do get confusing. I think everyone here would agree that we all want to do the best with the time we have with our school-aged deaf children during their school years. We will all have to live with the choices we have made. That is a great burden put on all of us. Obviously, we all care a great deal, or we wouldn't spend all the time we do on the computers gleaning information from other families. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2000 Report Share Posted July 31, 2000 Thanks for the info! I think the main difference between Cued Speech and Visual Phonics, as you've explained it to me, is that Visual Phonics doesn't incorporate the lips with the hand signals. Yes, parents in this group do seem to care a great deal. I'm glad I found it. On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 19:15:56 -0700 " Floyd and Tish Lavrenz " writes: > I am definitely not an expert on Visual Phonics, I only took one > class on > it. But I will explain what it is according to the information I > rec'd in > the class. VP is a system which associates each sound in our > language with > a hand signal and a graphic symbol. > > The difference between sign language and vp is, vp motions represent > sounds, > not letters or words as sign does. The difference between VP and > Cued > Speech is VP is not a method of communication. To communicate with > VP would > be as tedious as fingerspelling each word. It is simply a visual > way for > HI/deaf/Deaf kids to " see " the sounds of words. > > I am going to have the school try it this next school year for our 2 > deaf > daughters phonics-time in class. We'll see....... > > The choices do get confusing. I think everyone here would agree > that we all > want to do the best with the time we have with our school-aged deaf > children > during their school years. We will all have to live with the > choices we > have made. That is a great burden put on all of us. Obviously, we > all care > a great deal, or we wouldn't spend all the time we do on the > computers > gleaning information from other families. > > > > > All messages posted to this list are private and confidential. Each > post is the intellectual property of the author and therefore > subject to copyright restrictions. > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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