User:Pamgorilla/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * "The sign language unique to Deaf Filipinos" by CNN Philippines


 * Article Evaluation
 * This is a lay article, so it is not peer-reviewed. However, it does address the problems of Deaf people in the Philippines and how the language is learned in schools. This source also has some quotations in Tagalog, which will need to be translated into English before I can use it. It discusses the history, development, influences, issues, impact, and inclusion of Filipino Sign Language (FSL). As a lay article, it can also take a side in the fight to properly represent Deaf people in society.


 * Sources
 * https://www.cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/2018/10/29/Filipino-Sign-Language.html

Option 2

 * Article title
 * "An Analysis of Deaf Culture in the Philippines" by J. Gaverza


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article, at a glance, discusses many topics like preferred names, the history of Deaf oppression, and the status of Deaf culture in the Philippines based on a study that takes into account their language, art, and mainstream media. It specifically addresses Deaf culture from 1900 to 2014 (the publish date of the article). It discusses the history of FSL (Filipino Sign Language) and the influences on it, as well as the effect of its versatility and flexibility on the Deaf community. The history of schools for the deaf is discussed, as well as other educational opportunities for Deaf people. It also reports on the stereotypes of Deaf people in the Philippines. Overall, this analysis provides a thorough overview of the history and presence of Deaf culture, providing a plethora of sources in its bibliography.


 * Sources
 * https://www.academia.edu/9793059/An_Analysis_of_Deaf_Culture_in_the_Philippines

Option 3

 * Article title
 * A History of the Education of the Deaf in the Philippines by K. Berger


 * Article Evaluation
 * This is a much older article (March 1969) that was published by Gallaudet University Press. It contains the History of Deaf education in the Philippines, including the old and new routines of Deaf school children, the various presidents and faculty, the effects of World War II, and life from 1946 to the publishing of this book. I fear that I'll have to take these facts and anecdotes with a grain of salt since it is a much older article than the rest of my sources.


 * Sources
 * Berger, K. W. (1969). A HISTORY OF THE EDUCATION OF THE DEAF IN THE PHILIPPINES. American Annals of the Deaf, 114(2), 79–90. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44400154

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Deaf schools in the Philippines by OurSignedWorld


 * Article Evaluation
 * This video is a vlog of an American Deaf family (Deaf father, hearing mother, hearing daughter) who spent time in the Philippines in 2019. They shared videos, information on the Deaf schools they saw, and how to support Deaf education from overseas. This is a signed video but captions are available. It provides a brief overview of general Deaf schools in the Philippines, and it is straight from a Deaf source.


 * Sources
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOHon2g4EJo&feature=youtu.be

Option 5

 * Article title
 * RA 11106 by the National Council on Disability Affairs


 * Article Evaluation
 * This is a government declaration that Filipino Sign Language is the official sign language of the Philippines. One downfall of this government article is that it does not touch on the impact felt by the Deaf community in the Philippines.


 * Sources
 * https://www.ncda.gov.ph/disability-laws/republic-acts/ra-11106/