Abstract

NASCIMENTO, Lilian Cristine Ribeiro. Um pouco mais da história da educação dos surdos, segundo Ferdinand Berthier. ETD [online]. 2006, vol.07, n.02, pp.255-265. ISSN 1676-2592.

This article features extracts from the biography of the abbot L’Epée, written by a deaf professor from the Deaf Institute of Paris, Ferdinand Berthier, in 1840. Despite glorifying the abbot, who was the creator of the first deaf school in France, Berthier voiced criticism of the L’Epée method for generating deformities in the sign language for the sake of teaching correct writing; such changes made the language foreign to the deaf people themselves. Although written two centuries ago, Berthier’s work provokes discussions that to this day are still present among educators, discussions where the central theme is the language to which the deaf are exposed in the learning process. The controversy over sign language versus oral language played as central a role in those days as it does today in discussions about deaf education.

Keywords : Deaf Education; Sign Language; Ferdinand Berthier.

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