Advanced Cued American English

Catalog description

This course builds upon the foundations of the Cued Speech System. Cued Speech is a phonemically based system that uses hand shapes and mouth movements to represent spoken language, in this case spoken American English. In this course, students will practice transliterating from spoken American English to cued spoken American English in order to increase speed and fluency while maintaining accuracy of the Cued Speech system. Students will also boost receptive abilities by watching online videos of deaf native users of Cued American English. This class will prepare the students for transliterating in the classroom. They will also deepen their understanding of the research and methodology behind the applications of Cued Speech via reading research articles and presenting their findings to the class. Various transliterators will visit the class to discuss their experiences with Cued Speech while explaining the process of achieving certification at the national level.