Abstract

Language socialization, the simultaneous process of learning language and culture, occurs spontaneously in most families. However, deaf children born to hearing parents cannot fully access the spoken languages of their families and hearing society. This study provides data illustrating that Mexico's therapeutic approach to language does not constitute language socialization for deaf children; simultaneously, it affirms that signing communities offer sites where deaf people can actively engage in this critical process. Mexican families with deaf children and deaf adults from the same community reflect upon their oralist upbringings and (1) depict the consequences of the therapeutic approach to language for Mexican deaf people and (2) illustrate how strictly oralist approaches did not constitute language socialization, and in fact, served to constrain these processes in ways that often came at a great linguistic, emotional, and educational cost to participants. La socializacion del lenguaje es un proceso simultaneo del aprendizaje del lenguaje y de la cultura, y ocurre espontaneamente en la mayoria de las familias. Sin embargo, los ninos sordos que nacen a papas oyentes no pueden acceder completamente a los idiomas hablados de sus familias y de la sociedad oyente. Este studio de investigacion proporciona datos que ilustran como el enfoque terapeutico mexicano del lenguaje no es igual a la socializacion del lenguaje para los ninos sordos. Simultaneamente, afirma que las comunidades donde se utiliza la lengua de senas ofrecen oportunidades y espacios para que gente sorda pueda participar activamente en el proceso critico de la socializacion del lenguaje. Las familias mexicanas con ninos sordos y adultos sordos de la misma comunidad reflexionan sobre sus creencias oralistas y (1) representan las consecuencias del enfoque terapeutico del lenguaje para la gente sorda de Mexico e (2) ilustran como un enfoque estrictamente oralista no constituye la socializacion del lenguaje, y de hecho, sirve para constrenir estos procesos de tal forma que se producen danos en terminos linguisticos, emocionales, y educacionales para los participantes.

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