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Erica Ward Date: Sun Apr 18, 1999 5:07 pm Subject: | |
hi my name is erica ward i don't concider my self part of the Deaf comunity or the culture but i forwarded your message to my ASL teacher so maybe she could help you =-) erica ward <*}}}>< -peace- --- Adriana Linares wrote: > Hi! > My name is Adriana Linares and I am a student at > Florida International > University. I am currently writing a research paper > on Deaf Culture > and the Deaf Identity for my Cross Cultural Studies > in Education > course. In order to complete my research, I need to > interview three > more people who consider themselves part of the Deaf > Community or Deaf > Culture. I ask for the Help of anyone that fits > that description and > would not mind answering the following interview > questions. > Please e-mail me your responses by > Monday(4/19/99)afternoon to my > e-mail address: > Thank you for your time and support! I appreciate > it very much!!!!=) > > INTERVIEW QUESTIONS ***(see note below): > 1. What is your full name? > 2. When and where were you born? > 3. Were you born deaf (pre-lingually deaf) > 4. Do you have any brothers or sisters? Hearing or > deaf ? > 5. Is anyone else in your family deaf? > 6. How did that affect you as you were growing up? > 7. What do you think it means to be Deaf as opposed > to deaf? > 8. Do you consider yourself part of the Deaf > Community? > 9. What does Deaf culture and the Deaf community > mean to you - how do > you define it/them?, > 10. Do you sign? ASL? > 11. Were you raised with ASL, was it used at home by > your family? If > not, how did you learn it? > 6. Do you have Deaf friends? > 7. Are they other people in your family who are Deaf > (culturally > Deaf)? > 8. Do you go to Deaf clubs or other places of the > Deaf Community? > 9. Where did you got to school (Elementary, middle, > high school, > college)? > 10. Did you or anyone in your family go to a > residential school? If > so, is that an important part of you or them? Is > that something that > makes up your/their identity (who you are) ? > 11. If you had to define yourself, what would you > say? With what > cultural group do you identify yourself? Would you > identify yourself > with the Deaf culture? > 12. Do you have a Deaf Identity e what do you > consider the Deaf > identity to be? What does it mean to be Deaf? > 13. What is important is creating that Identity ÿÿ s > it the family, the > language, the schooling, the beliefs learned as a > child? Is it > something else? Or a combination of everything? > 14. Does the form of communication, degree of > hearing, and/or use of > assistive devices affect how you identify yourself > as being part of > the Deaf community? > 15. Anything else that you can tell me about > yourself or your family > that would help me understand Deaf Culture and the > Deaf identity? > 16. THANK YOU ! > > *** I know that these are a lot of questions, but > please answer what > you can. If you're confused about some questions > please e-mail > me. Some of the questions may overlap because there > are so many > different things I need to cover in my paper that I > wanted to make > sure I asked everything. I will incorporate the > info you give me > about yourself and your family with the research I > have found, such as > the book A Journey into the Deaf-World, research > articles (some > written by Carol Padden), and the internet (Cindy's > Homepage, Deaf > World Web, miningco.com, etc). > > THANK YOU for you help!!!! You're a lifesaver =) > > SMILE! > > Adriana Linares =) > > > _______________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit > https://www.msn.com > |
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