In a 45 min. in-class essay, please answer the following question:
Using the Documentary Through Deaf Eyes and Abel's Chapter 7, please answer: "To what extent do the use of Oralism and Sign Language impact the Deaf view of reality?
If you base each paragraph around the following questions, and you specifically mention the documentary and Abel, you should be well on your way to addressing the question:
A) How does The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis apply to Deaf Culture?
B) How did Oralism and Signing facilitate, extend, direct or limit thinking?
C) If the Deaf use the Oral method or Signing, is what they KNOW different in each language? Does each "language" provide a different framework of reality?
D) What role does Abel's explanation of Sense and reference play in how the Deaf might use Oralism or Signing to view reality. Consider Abel's quote" "Though meanings require words, they are not identical to words.” (p. 68) and that we use ‘linguistic symbols to organize experience” (p. 69)?
E) What are the implications of your claims? What would be a counter-claim?
Add an Opening Paragraph and a Conclusion and you'll be all set. As in the past, it is Open Note, but please don't write the essay before class. I would like everyone to write the essay by hand - no laptops please.
The essay will be given the following days:
Block B: Thursday 2/26
Block F: Thursday 2/26
Block E: Friday 2/27
Block G: Monday 3/2
You will be graded based on the ToK Essay Rubric.
I would love to see outlines and to assist you in preparation for this essay. Please see me.
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