SL ASL Presentation

8/9/2019 SL ASL Presentation

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SIGN LANGUAGESIGN LANGUAGE

American Sign

Language is the 3rdmost used


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Baby SignBaby Sign

One of the hottest trends in child

development is that infants can

communicate basic needs beforethey can speak. It also boosts

lingual and intellectual

developments.


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Spicing it upSpicing it up

Sign Language, in its

natural state, adds spice.Visual-spatial arts, and

bedtime storytelling, are part

of the spices.


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Persons With DisabilitiesPersons With Disabilities

Signs break communication

barriers for hearing people

with chronic and acute

disabilities who have delayed

or little verbal skills.


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ProfessionalsProfessionals

Visual-gestural communication is the

primary mode for stock traders on the

floor, flying hands filled with numbersand codes. Partially modified

International Sign Languages may be

extremely beneficial for stock traders,scuba divers, firefighters and several

other purposes in the fields.


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Animal SignAnimal Sign

Human interest in

communicating with animals

(and possibly vice versa) has

been around for a long time,

via speaking, signing and/orpainting.


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ARISTOTLEARISTOTLE

384-322 B.C.

A GreekP

hilosopher,Aristotle, pronounced that

Deaf people could not be

educated without hearing,people could not learn.


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1616thth CenturyCentury

Geronimo Cardano, a

physician ofPadua, in

northern Italy, proclaimed that

deaf people could learn and

understand via signcommunication


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Juan Pablo de Bonet published

the first book on teaching sign

language to deaf people thatcontained the manual alphabet in

1620. Although, sign language

was already instinctively

developed by deaf signers.


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1818thth Century/Romantic Period of artCentury/Romantic Period of art

Abbe LEpee ofParis founded the first free

school for the deaf people in 1755. He

demonstrated that deaf people could develop

communication with themselves, and thehearing world through a system of conventional

gestures, hand signs, and fingerspelling. He first

recognized and learned the signs that were

already being used by deaf people in Paris, anddeveloped his sign system. He added a signed

version of spoken French.


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Samuel HeinickeSamuel Heinicke

Leipzig,

Germany

Established

first public

school for thedeaf people

Did not use the

manual method

ofcommunication


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Thomas Hopkins GallaudetThomas Hopkins Gallaudet

A Congregational minister who helped agirl named Alice Cogswell, traveled toEurope in 1815. He studied the methods

of communication for the deaf. In England, Abbe Roche Ambroise Sicard

invited him to his school for deaf in Paris.

Gallaudet then returned to the UnitedStates with Laurent Clerc, a deaf signlanguage teacher


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Gallaudet and ClercGallaudet and Clerc

Thomas Hopkins

Gallaudet founded

the first American

public school for

deaf students in

Hartford,

Connecticut in1817.

Laurent Clerc

became the

United Statesfirst deaf sign

language

teacher.


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Baseball SignalsBaseball Signals

William DummyHoy ( 1862-

1961) the first deaf Major

League baseball player, was

the reason umpires adopted

hand signals : out, safe, andstrike.


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Football HuddleFootball Huddle

1894: The Gallaudet University

football team invented the football

huddle to keep the opponentsfrom eavesdropping on the

quarterback in American Sign

Language.


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International SignInternational Sign

1924: Comite International des Sports desSourds (CISS) was founded in Paris onAugust 16th during the first World Games

for the Deaf held in Paris, France onAugust 10th to 17th, with six nations-Belgium , Czechoslovakia, France, GreatBritain, Holland, and Poland-participatingin the competitions in Athletics, Cycling,Football (Soccer), Shooting andSwimming.


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WFDWFD

1951: The First World Congress of the

World Federation of the Deaf ( WFD ) took

place in Rome, Italy, with participants from

25 countries. The Deaf were able to

discuss and decide on the Constitution in

Gestuno ( now International Sign ). (WFD)

The International Sign and English are theofficial languages of the WFD.


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Linguistic BookLinguistic Book

1960: William Stokoe of United States published a firstlinguistic book of Amercan Sign Language as a language

1970: Linda Bove ( Deaf Signer ) was a guest for theAmerican childrens populare TV show, Sesame Street

in 1970: Eventually, she became a regular actress in 1976

1979: Klima and Bellugi conducted a first linguisticresearch on the American Sing Language

Phyllis French was the first Deaf Signer to win a Tonyaward ( The Best Actress ) , for playing a Sarah role inthe play, Children of a Lesser God.


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Diana, Princess of WalesDiana, Princess of Wales

1983: Diana, Princess of Whales, who

acceptd an invitation to be the Royal

Patron of the British Deaf Association in

1983, later studied British Sign Language


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The SmurfsThe Smurfs

1983: The Smurfs became the first

cartoon to use sign language in America

on TV. The Smurfing in Sign Language

show had the highest ratings that The

Smurfs had ever had.


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Oscar AwardOscar Award

1986/1987: Marlee Martin ( hard-of-

hearing Signer, 21 ) became the first daeaf

Signer to win the Best Actress Oscar

award for playing Sarah role in the film,

Children of a Lesser God .


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ASL Recognized in ManitobaASL Recognized in Manitoba

1988: On December6th in Winnipeg,

Canada, a private members resolution

was passed unanimously which officially

recognizes the cultural uniqueness of the

deaf community and American Sign

Language ( ASL ) as a distinctive

language of deaf people in Manitoba.


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ASL Recognized AlbertaASL Recognized Alberta

1990: MLA ( Member of Legislative Assembly )Bill Payne of Calgary proposed Motion 216: Beit resolved that the Legislative Assembly urge

the Government, given the cultural uniquenessof Albertas deaf community and the linguisticuniqueness of American Sign Language as alanguage of the deaf in Alberta; and toincorporate it into Albertas grade school and

post-secondary curriculum as an availablelanguage of instruction. The Legislature passedthe motion on June 19th, 1990


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SL Recognized in Slovak RepublicSL Recognized in Slovak Republic

1995: The National Council of the

Slovak Republic passed a law

recognizing Sign Language as alanguage of communication of the

Deaf June 26th, 1995


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SL Recognized in FinlandSL Recognized in Finland

1995: The Sign Language was

recognized in the Finnish

Constitution in August


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SL Recognized in UgandaSL Recognized in Uganda

1995: On October 8th, 1995, the sign

language was recognized and included in

Ugandas new Constitution after the

Uganda National Association of the Deaf

and its allies campaigned to promote sign

language awareness in Uganda.


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Benefits of ASLBenefits of ASL

Expands your native language,

culture, and values

Beautiful, unique, and graceful

3 dimensional language

Communication is more wholistic


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Bilingualism expands your cognitiveprocesses

You can sign with your mouth full

Underwater communication for scuba

divers

You can talk through windows ofbuildings from a distance

(Unspeakable)


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You can be sure that nobody canoverhear you through doors/walls

You can use signs in a library or

church

Communication is easier in noisy

bars, clubs, discos Benefits others with special needs

(autism, communication problems)


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Communicate with toddlers at ayounger age

Communicate with animals(Koko)

Develop linguistic, intellectual,

and literate skills earlier than withspoken language

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