This September, we recognize Deaf Awareness Month, International Week of the Deaf, and International Day of Sign Languages.
Explore some ways onhow to get started with learning sign language. Deaf community and Deaf culture Where there is language, there is culture; sign language andDeaf cultureare inseparable. Learning sign language and Deaf culture comes with the process ofallyshipalong with awareness toward appreciation...
This week is New Zealand Sign Language Week, Aotearoa, New Zealand's annual celebration of one of our three official languages. The week aims to break down barriers and get hearing people excited about learning a bit of sign language, all with the aim of creating a more inclusive...
International Day of Sign Languages on September 23rd recognizes the importance of language through signing. According to the UN, early access to sign language is vital to the growth and development of deaf individuals. The day takes place during International Deaf Week in the last week of Septemb...
ASL Camps: An In-Depth Language and Cultural Experience For those seeking more comprehensive immersion, ASL camps provide a unique blend of education and recreation. Typically held over a week or longer, these camps create an environment wheresign languagelearning occurs organically and continuously th...
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Then we developed and implemented a 5-week high-dosage ASL intervention with a cohort of 14 students using a pretest-posttest design. About half of the cohort improved across ASL assessments after the intervention, although group mean score changes were not statistically significant. Students ...
First, thank you for this week’s audio news report. It’s so easy for me and could understand it without seeing the text and also could fill in the blanks all words except the word “employers”. Second, thank you too for choosing this interesting subject for you learners. I’m su...
British Sign Language (BSL) is the name of the sign language which is used in the United Kingdom. It is the first language of approximately 150,000 Deaf people in the British Isles. Thousands more who are not Deaf (such as employers of Deaf peop ...
This week (4th to 10th May 2015) is deaf awareness week, so I thought it was worth re-sharing my previous blog about why I think deaf awareness is important and some tips to encourage those of you who want to become more deaf aware…. ...