SIGN LANGUAGE

Boost Your Communication Skills Using Sign Language!

Jeff HernandezThings to CoverIntroduction to Sign LanguageHistory of Sign LanguageSign Language - Fun FactsTypes of Sign LanguageWho uses Sign Language? What percentage of the World is Dependent on Sign Language?Why is Sign Language Important?The Role of Sign Language InterpretersCommunication made simpler with Sign LanguageConclusion

SIGN LANGUAGEManual communication & body language to convey meaning, as opposed to acoustically conveyed sound patterns.

You can also used a different mediumHandsFacial expressions Eyes

History of Sign LanguageAristotlethe first to have a claim recorded about the deaf.Geronimo Cardano, an Italian mathematician & physician educated his deaf son using written words.In 1960,William Stokoe, a scholar and hearing professor at Gallaudet University, published a dissertation that proved ASL is a genuine language

ASL was henceforth recognized as a national language.Laura Bridgman first deaf-blind person to be educated1771 established the first public free deafIn 1995, a woman namedHeather Whitestonebecame the first deaf woman to be named Miss America in the Miss America pageant.

Sign Language - Fun FactsIt is the fourth most usedlanguagein the US.Deaf History Month is observed fromMarch13th to April 15th every year.Hundreds ofsign languagedialects in use around the world Eachculturehas developed its own form of sign language

Types of Sign LanguageAmerican Sign Language (ASL)British Sign Language (BSL)Signed English (SE)Sign Supported English (SSE)International Sign (IS)Finger Spelling

Who uses Sign Language?The class of people that use sign language :

Deaf PeopleSign language newscastersSome parents also teach their babies sign language to enhance their communication skills

What percentage of the World is Dependent on Sign Language?ASL is currently the sixth most-used language in the US

ASL is the language of a sizeable minority.

Estimates range from 500,000 to two million speakers in the US

ASL is now used by approximately one-half million Deaf people in the US and Canada.Why is Sign Language Important?Sign language plays the major role in developing Deaf identity

It is the Mother tongue language of Deaf children

Use Sign language in education

Sign language are a linguistic and legal aspect

Finger spelled Alphabet Sign Language

The Role of Sign Language InterpretersConverts spoken language into sign languageWork for schools, hospitals or government agenciesListening carefully to, or watching, what is said or signedInterpreting everything that is said or signed

Communication made simpler with Sign LanguageSign Language is a method of presenting thoughts via pictures or actions made using hands.Sign Language is a great way to train the dumb and the deaf.Makes communication simpler with the facial expressions.

Sign Language Hand Positions for NumbersConclusionWhat did you learn from this?

Not the same hand shape is used in every sign language.Sign Language plays a vital role in life.Signing is not only used by the deaf, it is also used by people who can hear, but cannot physically speak. Sign languages show the same linguistic properties and use the same language faculty as do spoken languages.Hundreds of sign languages are in use around the world.

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