Project Gutenberg 2012-04-03 Public domain in the USA. 143 Desloges, Pierre 1747 Observations d'un sourd et muèt sur un cours élémentaire d'éducation des sourds et muèts publié en 1779 par M. l'Abbé Deshamps, Chapelain de l'Église d'Orléans Reading ease score: 72.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Observations d'un sourd et muèt sur un cours élémentaire d'éducation des sourds…" by Pierre Desloges is a critical treatise, likely written in the late 18th century. This book engages deeply with the educational methodologies for the deaf and mute, specifically debating the methods proposed by Abbé Deschamps in his popular course. The main theme revolves around the use of sign language versus the spoken language acquisition methods that were emerging at the time, a significant discourse on learning and communication for individuals with hearing disabilities. In the text, Desloges, who himself is deaf and mute, defends the use of sign language for educating the deaf, arguing against the approach taken by Abbé Deschamps that emphasizes oral communication through the visual observation of speech movements. Desloges provides personal insights and experiences, illustrating how sign language has served as a natural and efficient means of communication among the deaf community. He critiques Deschamps's method as overly complex and difficult, suggesting instead that sign language allows for clarity and precision in expressing a wide range of ideas, making it more suited for effectively educating deaf individuals. Through his observations, Desloges highlights the richness of sign language, asserting it as a valid and necessary component of educational practices for the deaf. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr L'Epée, Charles-Michel de, 1712-1789 Deschamps, abbé (Claude François), 1745-1791. Cours élémentaire d'éducation des sourds et muèts Deaf -- Education -- France Sign language -- Study and teaching -- France HV Text FR Education et Enseignement Browsing: Sociology Browsing: Teaching & Education 115310 115159 2025-02-16T05:46:04.858833 2023-09-17T08:21:28.539947 text/html text/html 109861 2012-04-03T16:27:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 74784 2012-04-03T16:28:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 190124 2025-02-16T05:46:12.230784 application/epub+zip 190354 2025-02-16T05:46:09.052910 application/epub+zip 100915 2025-02-16T05:46:07.580815 application/epub+zip 431362 2025-02-16T05:46:14.359800 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 416663 2025-02-16T05:46:11.266795 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 119435 2022-09-18T05:29:58.048661 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 99462 2025-02-16T05:46:04.392894 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 99262 2012-04-03T16:09:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 36448 2012-04-03T16:28:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 97047 2012-04-03T16:10:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 36075 2012-04-03T16:28:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 22222 2025-02-16T05:46:14.493775 application/rdf+xml 26979 2025-02-16T05:46:08.144821 image/jpeg 5006 2025-02-16T05:46:07.863818 image/jpeg 187502 2025-02-16T05:46:04.880832 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia