I agree that it doesn �t seem right to put this 8 year old deaf girl into an English school when she barely can hear or speak her own language. Our international school provides British National Curriculum to the children of the expats living in China.

The girl is from South Korea, from a very rich family. I guess for parents it �s a matter of fashion or prestige to place their child into an expensive international school. I agree, in her situation she would benefit from learning her own language properly first.

 

The thing is her parents try to make her feel normal, so she doesn �t know sign language and she �s never been to a specialist school before. They keep saying that she is okay, just keep her happy. In our school ESL students stay in ESL class full day and only go for sports and music to the specialist  teachers.

 

I �ll try to do what I can; it �s a learning experience for me...

 

Thanks again SO MUCH for your help!!!!

i hope it can help. in the end with your help the girl might become a super lady just like helen keller. read about her and you �ll know how to handle this problem.

take care

 

However, I don �t see your headmaster/principal turning down the money this family brings, either. So I guess you have to live with it. If the whole curriculum except gym and music is in English, then I �d recommend extra work or tutoring in English instead of a music class. For now, keep your academic expectations relatively low and praise any improvement you see in her learning. But enforce the discipline and be sure the parents agree with you, at least at school. The parents sound pretty clueless, actually, so remind them that a well-behaved child reflects well on them.

 

Unfortunately, janaesl, reputable surgeons won �t perform cochlear implants on people with any usable hearing, because the operation will destroy any normal hearing left. There �s also no guarantee that it will work and there �s always a risk with surgery so close to the brain.

After him I started doing a sign language course and in nowadays I teach him very well, I speak in English and as the same time I translate everything by sign language. I think you should do a course like this too. And another thing, don �t say this things about the girl, if she is rich or not it does not mind, the point is to teach her English even though it is gonna be difficult.