Transcript Deaf Cross Culture Discussion #1

Cross-Cultural Communication
Purpose:
Through discussion students
explore the underlying issues
common to Deaf and Hearing
situations.
Cross-Cultural Communication
Situations:
 Breakout groups of 3 to 4 students
 Go over each situation and identify the issues
 Discuss and share your point of view with your
group
 Instructor will select a speaker randomly for
each situation and you as speaker will present
your group discussions in front of the class.
Cross-Cultural Communication
Situation #1:
Deaf-Blind person ask you to
interpret but you are unsure of
your ability to handle the
situation.
Cross-Cultural Communication
Situation #2:
You and a Deaf student are in a
class together. His/her hearing aid
is making a noise – which makes it
difficult for you to hear the
discussion.
Cross-Cultural Communication
Situation #3:
A Deaf person voices and signs at
the same time when talking with
you. S/he thinks it’ll make it easier
for you to understand them, but
you find it distracting.
Cross-Cultural Communication
Situation #4:
You are sitting next to a Deaf
couple with hearing kids. The kids
are making a lot of noise and
disturbing you and others, who
are trying to ignore the commotion
and focus on the church services.
Cross-Cultural Communication
Situation #5:
You are a volunteer in a self-contained
classroom with about 10 Deaf children.
The hearing teacher knows sign
language but when she talks about the
kids, she doesn’t sign, and says things
in front of them she would never say if
the children could hear.
Cross-Cultural Communication
Situation #6:
Your friend is upset because she just
found out that her baby is Deaf-Blind.
Cross-Cultural Communication
Situation #7:
You are sitting with your Deaf-Blind
friend at a café ready to order. The
waitress come to you to ask you what
your Deaf-Blind friend want to order.
Cross-Cultural Communication
Situation #8:
You always sign when you are at ASL
classes. Some people prefer to use
their voice and sign only when Deaf
people approach them. Is this
appropriate? If not, why?
Cross-Cultural Communication
FOR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT:
Please type 1 ½ pages report to summarize about
the Cross-Culture Communication.
Your summary should includes:
- three things you learned from the discussion
- your own experiences/situations that left you
unsure about the best approach
- add a new situation you most likely would
encounter with a Deaf and Deaf-Blind person
and what would you handle the situation
- your thoughts on guest lecturer’s comments.