Cued Speech Question
Does anyone here know very much about Cued Speech? I was told by someone that by using Cued Speech, the "deafest" of deaf kids could fully acquire English. Somehow I have a hard time believing it. My understanding is that Cued Speech was designed as a tool for developing English literacy -- not as a way to acquire English.
(For those not steeped in the terminology of language development, to "acquire" a language is to pick it up like babies/young children do when there are no barriers, without consciously trying to learn it. This is different from "learning" a language, where you actually study it, practice it, etc. -- like learning a second language in high school.)
Anyway, I worry because some hearing parents of deaf children seem to think this is the way to go, rather than ASL, especially because C.S. takes much less time to learn (it's just a code for a language they already know).
I'm not saying C.S. is bad -- it seems to be a good tool for certain things. But is it an appropriate way of providing a language model? Does anyone know of some really good, scientific research on this? (I'm wary of what can be found on sites with "cued speech" in the name -- too prone to bias.)
Hey RSD Teacher: I asked my wife this question and she says that that's the philosophy behind it (that one can use it to acquire English, even prelingually, profoundly deaf students... however she also says that in practice, from her experience, the results are mixed, and the older the student is, especially if he/she hasn't had adequate language exposure to begin with, the less effective it is...
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