How did Helen Keller learn to talk?

Answer 1

Helen Keller became deaf and blind at the age 19 months , due to scarlet fever. By then she had already started learning the very very basics of speech, but then lost it due to the lack of usage. A woman by the name of Anne Sullivan was hired as her tutor, its said the reason was that her parents knew they couldn't take care of her forever, but reasons are pretty much unknown. Ms. Sullivan first taught her to communicate by writing on her hand, so she could feel it, then giving her the object, whose name she had written moments before; an example would be D-O-L-L, Ms Sullivan would spell out DOLL on her hand, then give her a toy doll, creating a connection between the two. As time went on, story has it that Ms Sullivan was trying to teach her the word "water" when Helen remembered her first word, "WA-WA" or "water" thus creating their second task to teach her to speak.

Helen learned to speak by touching other people's mouths, and feeling how their lips moved. By doing this, she could connect each movement with a letter, then spell it out and know what they were saying.

Because of the unique connections between words and objects, Helen was able to read many languages and speak them all, too.

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Answer 2

Helen Keller learned to talk through the guidance and assistance of her teacher Anne Sullivan. Sullivan used the method of finger spelling to help Keller understand the connection between words and objects. Through perseverance and dedication, Keller eventually learned to speak by feeling the vibrations of Sullivan's throat and mouth when she spoke.

Answer 3

Helen Keller communicated with her family by using sign language. She would trace letters into Annie Sullivan's hand and she would interperet what Helen was trying to say. Annie Sullivan was Helen Keller's teacher until she died on October 20, 1936.

Answer 4

Helen Keller communicated with other people by talking with hands. They use letters in sign language and Helen has to feel what letter each sign language are since she couldn't see nor hear.

See the related links below for the YouTube Hellen Keller movie. It's part 1 and then you can find part 2 in YouTube.

Answer 5

Her teaher Anne Sullivan taught her a manual language called Sign Language.

Answer 6

She spelled words in her hand. When ever possible she put those things on her arm to notice exactly what they were.

Answer 7

She would take their hand and do the thingey maggiger and the end byby

Answer 8

they always had books for blinds

Answer 9

Helen Keller and her family had their own invented sign language.

Ex: she would pretend/show to get ice cream saying that she wants ice cream