Saturday 25 May 2013

Sign language event touches hearts, builds relationships, enriches culture

How far can sign language go to raise the spirits of the younger lot? This can be easily known from the high level of enthusiasm among the students that were all involved in making gestures as they tried to learn what their equally enthusiastic teachers had to show onstage on 2ndannual Sign Day at St. Francis University.

Well, one must understand that these were no ordinary moves. They carried every bit of meaning. With the younger generation learning the gestures or, in other words, the American Sign Language, Jenifer Baker was all smiles. Being deaf since the age of 2, Baker couldn’t be more grateful to the sign language. She used to be unhappy when the sign language didn’t receive the appreciation it deserved 4 decades back in time. After all, it was anything but a wrecked form of English as many called it then. Well, she could easily wash away her tears now with the joy that the kids brought her by showing interest in the language as well as liking and learning it.  

The event was sponsored by the American Sign Language Club. There were workshops that included above 200 kids and 9 hearing impaired teachers. Students from several schools as well as troops from Boy and Girl Scout were present in huge numbers. 

Sharing the culture

It’s important that kids knew about the life and culture of the deaf. Teaching alphabets and stories can bring them a lot closer to knowing the culture. It was very easy to locate graduates from St. Francis teaching kids sign language and how they could spell their names using it.

Everything that could happen in the future of sign language starts here and in this very fashion. The more kids get involved, the brighter the chances of the sign language reaching out to the masses.



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