Laurent Clerc

Pionnier de l'education des sourds aux Etats-Unis

Plot

Vous serez une preuve vivante que ce que l'on a cru impossible- l'éducation des enfants nes sourds -est en realite possible .Vous enseignerez la langue des signes en tant que person- ne dont c'est pratiquement la langue maternelle... Vous pourrez servir de modele aux eleves et faire naitre un elan vers l'education chez le sourds non eduques. - tel fut l'argument qui poussa Laurent Clerc a partir aux Etats-Unis en 1816.


You will be a living proof that what has been thought impossible-the education of children who are deaf-is actually possible. You will teach sign language as a person whose mother tongue is practically speaking. You will be able to serve as a model for the students and give rise to an impulse towards education for the non-educated deaf. - this was the argument that prompted Laurent Clerc to go to the United States in 1816