I had ambitions. I happened to be born profoundly deaf, but hear and speak thanks to cochlear implants. I wanted to be an artist. In spite of a language delay due to my hearing loss, I used art as a tool to express myself and even managed to learn to speak French fluently as my [...]
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It was a gift
Sunday, May 30th, 2010
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A Short Novel of Ma Vie Française
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
During the spring of my eighth grade year, I had my first Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting for high school. “High school is such a big transition,” said my Mom anxiously. I brought up one of the more controversial subjects for hearing impaired students, studying a foreign language. In particular, I wanted to learn French, [...]
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Je parle français…
Friday, March 21st, 2008
Voici le video de moi qui parle français! Here is the video of me speaking French! Bien sûr, je n’ai pas l’accent français puisque le français n’est pas ma première langue. C’est comme mes amis français qui n’ont pas l’accent anglais/américan quand ils parlent anglais. Aussi, comme vous pouvez remarquer, j’ai des difficultés à pronouncer [...]
