Broken Tongue
Once upon a time; there was a mute little girl who started talking little words only when needed and chose to be silent when ever she needed. Years past and she remained mute until the age of four when she first went to kindergarten. It’s when she and her family realized that she has a speech disorder, it’s when she was obliged to talk and to say words when she is not ready to say, it was not her choice, it wasn’t the time she chose to say it. Words just won’t come out; they would reach her tongue yet never out of her mouth no matter how hard had she tried. She didn’t understand why, but didn’t care much at that time. She just chose to be mute and talk only when she feels like it. The teacher would talk to her and she would not respond, she would say nothing. To be continued
posted by True Faith @ 4/07/2006 07:23:00 PM
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last semester kan 3endi seminar and the issue of "silent children" came up.. we didnt really get into the "social part of things", just the linguistic
the idea was: since we assume that children learn their mother tongue (and master it) by practice, and trying out their grammar, how is it that some children go through a silent period in which they do not show any "real progess or mastery of the language" up until a certain age (under 5, but very close to 4), yet they demonstrate to be at the same level of their peers all of a sudden
so'al jidan fi ma7alah
but i think ur talking abt some sort of speech impairment
Tem This silence differs than the silent I am talking about. I’m talking about a chosen silence.
It's a speech disorder which is called stutter or stammer.
A child and parents would not discover until early school years; it's when the child starts talking and reading in a time s/he is not prepared to.
I prefer to call it disorder than impairment; it happens when a person has a disorder in their language and speak functions where the nerves responsible for that can't contact; words get blocked and attached or get blocked and never contact for some time (seconds).
u forgot to add that she looked so cute :D
It's interesting that you point out this issue. I always wonder what goes on in the minds of children who are mute. I work with non-verbal 5 year old children and I wouldn't consider them as mute as the girl in your story because they make sounds and use gestures to communicate with the adults and kids around them. Some of them are able to say a couple of words here and there, but the rest do not communicate verbally. And they say children who might be diagnosed as "mute" have a big chance of speaking one day, it just might take longer for them.
My question to your story is when you said "She just chose to be mute and talk only when she feels like it"
Does that mean that she could talk? Is the reason for not talking is that she stutters. And that the stuttering makes her hesitant to speak?
I might be jumping ahead of your story since there is a second part to it, but I'm curious.
Thanks
true faith
ahaa, but chosen? :|
and i stand corrected, disorder not impairment :)
but i dont get how it is considered a 'chosen' silence, when u explain it as something biological?
ena y3ni the nerves cannot contact and words are therefore blocked
Ra-1 she still is ;P
Anon I'm not sure it's not a time that is memorable enough. But I'm sure that she could talk because I have some memories of her talking to her mother and complaining about something.
The other parts will hopefully make things more clear to you :)
Vintage All speech diagnosis are theories; nothing is accurate. I have made many researches and found no specific diagnose that could be called an official definition.
Marry poppins is my favourite :D I like her song so much :D I hope your sister does well in her play :)
Tem the nerves thing is a medical theory. Chosen silent; I think it is because for some reason she felt that she had difficulty in talking and she chose to be silent to not block.
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