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Essay / The Advantages and Disadvantages of Deaf Teachers - 1419
I believe this is important because if a young deaf/hard of hearing student is struggling to learn, what will their vision of learning be? I also disagree that the article suggests the use of MCE (Manually coded English). Hand-coded English is similar to ASL but follows the grammatical layout of English. Whereas ASL has its own grammatical configuration. I believe that a Deaf/CODA teacher is the best opportunity for students. Young deaf students should be taught by deaf/CODA teachers, as ASL is most likely the students' first language. ASL would therefore be the easiest way to learn English. From the perspective of a deaf person, “I struggled to learn English, I had both a deaf teacher and a hearing teacher. I learned English more easily thanks to a deaf teacher” (S. White, personal communication, February 16, 2016). Additionally, young Deaf students should be taught by Deaf teachers, because Deaf/CODAs are good language models. It's important to have language models because who else would be a good model for ASL? Throughout this article, I will explore and share with you why Deaf/CODA teachers are important to the education of deaf/hard of hearing youth.