Question

How did helen keller learned to speak? Class 10, 200-250 words

Answer 1

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On March 26, 1890, at the age of ten, Helen was getting her chance. Helen and Ms. Fuller sat down to begin a task that many claimed was impossible. Ms. Fuller began by placing Helen's hand on her face and in her mouth, lightly at first. This allowed Helen to feel the position of Fuller's tongue and lips when she made a sound. She then shaped Helen's own mouth for making basic vowel sounds. She took Helen's hand and placed it on her throat so that Helen could feel the vibrations. For the next hour, the two focused on making the sounds of language. Helen would gently touch Fuller's face, mouth, tongue, and throat. Helen's hands also probed her own mouth and neck, as she tried to copy what Ms. Fuller was doing. First, she learned to form sounds. With time, she uttered her first sentence: "It is too warm."

Helen found the work exhausting, but she refused to give up. She only had 11 lessons in all, but she practiced almost nonstop. She spoke to birds, to her toys, to her dog. Speaking her thoughts was far easier than the manual alphabet, so Helen quickly traded one form of communication for the other.

Although Helen never spoke as clearly as she would have liked, she did use her new skill quite well throughout the years.