What Is Sign Language

simple overview of what is often misunderstood.

1. WHAT IS SIGN
LANGUAGE

2. THE BASIS OF ALL
COMMUNICATION IS A
MANUAL FORM

3. WHEN WE FIND ORAL
COMMUNICATION
INEFFECTIVE WE USE
OUR HANDS TO TALK

4. IN A FOREIGN
COUNTRY
WHEN PEOPLE ARE FAR
AWAY
WHEN OTHERS ARE
TALKING AROUND US

5. ALL OF USE
GESTURES WHEN WE
SPEAK.
THESE HAVE
MEANINGS OF THEIR
OWN OR ARE
ATTACHED TO
SPOKEN WORDS

6. DEAF PEOPLE USE A
SET OF SIGNS OR
MANUAL CLUES TO
EXPRESS
THEMSELVES.

7. IN ANY SITUATION
WHERE DEAF PEOPLE
INTERACT A SIGNING
COMMUNICATION
SYSTEM WILL
ESTABLISH ITSELF
AMONG THEM

8. THE SET OF SIGNS
THAT IS USED BY A
SIGNING DEAF
COMMUNITY TO
COMMUNICATE
AMONG THEMSELVES
IS SIGN LANGUAGE.

9. DEAF PEOPLE USE
SIGN LANGUAGE

10. THERE IS NO
UNIFORM SIGN
LANGUAGE ACROSS
THE WORLD

11. EACH COUNTRY HAS
THEIR OWN SIGN
LANGUAGE

12. EACH COMMUNITY OF
DEAF PERSONS
DEVELOPS THEIR
OWN SIGN LANGUAGE

13. WHERE SIGN
LANGUAGE IS NOT
TAUGHT TO THE
CHILDREN THEY
DEVELOP THEIR OWN
SIGNS FOR
COMMUNICATION
AMONG EACH OTHER.
(SHROYER 1982)

14. DEAF CHILDREN OF
DEAF PARENTS ARE
OFTEN CREDITED
WITH PROPAGATING
SIGN LANGUAGE IN
SCHOOLS FOR THE
DEAF

15. SCHOOLS WHERE
NONE OF THE DEAF
CHILDREN HAVE DEAF
PARENTS ALSO
DEVELOP A SIGN
LANGUAGE OF THEIR
OWN.

16. IN MANY CASES SIGN
LANGUAGES HAVE
SYNONYMS WHICH
CONTRIBUTE TO THE
RICHNESS AND
REGIONAL DIVERSITY

17. ABOUT SIGN
LANGUAGE !

18. SIGN LANGUAGE IS A
MANUAL LANGUAGE

19. SIGN LANGUAGE IS
NOT THE MANUAL
FORM OF A SPOKEN
LANGUAGE.

20. MANUALLY CODED
LANGUAGES FOLLOW
THE GRAMMAR AND
CONSTRUCTIONS OF
THE SPOKEN
LANGUAGE

21. SIGN LANGUAGE HAS
NO WRITTEN FORM IN
COMMON USE UNLIKE
MOST SPOKEN
LANGUAGES

22. SIGN LANGUAGE HAS
ITS OWN GRAMMAR,
SYNTAX AND IDIOM

23. DEAF PERSONS MAY
SOMETIMES SPEAK IN
THEIR OWN PARENTS
LANGUAGE WHILE
THEY SIGN

24. THERE IS NO SUCH
THING AS A
STANDARDISED
LANGUAGE

25. SIGN LANGUAGES
ARE EVOLVING AND
NEW VOCABULARY IS
INTRODUCED BY THE
SIGNING DEAF
COMMUNITY

26. IN INDIA DR ZESHAN
HAS ESTABLISHED
THAT INDIAN SIGN
LANGUAGE IS A
PROPER LANGUAGE
BEARING ALL THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF
A LANGUAGE.

27. SIGN LANGUAGES
PROVIDE DEAF
PEOPLE WITH ALL
THE COMUNICATION
SUPPORT THEY NEED

28. A DEAF PERSON WHO
IS ABLE TO SPEAK
CAN ALSO USE SIGN
LANGUAGE

29. SIGN LANGUAGE IS
AN EASY FAST MEANS
OF COMMUNICATION
WHICH FULFILLS ALL
THE NEEDS OF
THEDEAF PERSON.

30. IN MANY COUNTRIES
THE SIGN LANGUAGE
OF THE COUNTRY IS A
LEGALLY
RECOGNISED
LANGUAGE.

31. IN INDIA SIGN
LANGUAGE HAS NOT
BEEN ALLOWED IN
SCHOOLS

32. ALL DEAF CHILDREN
IN SCHOOL SIGN AND
WHEN THEY LEAVE
SCHOOL THEY JOIN
THE SIGNING ADULT
DEAF COMMUNITY

33. PROVIDING SERVICES
TO THE DEAF IN
THEIR OWN
LANGUAGE IS A VERY
IMPORTANT
COMPONENT OF
THEIR
REHABILITATION

34. DEAF PEOPLE WHO
SIGN ARE NOT STUPID

35. DEAF PEOPLE WHO
SIGN ARE NOT
BACKWARD IN ANY
WAY.

36. SIGN LANGUAGE USE
AND ACQUISITION
STIMULATE THE DEAF
CHILD’S BRAIN IN THE
SAME WAY SPOKEN
LANGUAGES DO FOR
THE HEARING CHILD

37. IN MOST COUNTRIES
INTERPRETERS FORM
THE LINK BRIDGING
THE GAP BETWEEN
SERVICES AND DEAF
PERSONS.

38. INTERPRETERS ARE
TRAINED IN SIGN
LANGUAGE TO BE
ABLE TO PROVIDE
COMMUNICATION
SUPPORT FOR DEAF
PEOPLE.

39. SIGN LANGUAGE
MUST BE TAUGHT TO
DEAF CHILDREN

40. WHEN DEAF
CHILDREN ARE NOT
EXPOSED TO SIGN
LANGUAGE DURING
THE CRITICAL
PERIOD,THEIR
LANGUAGE SKILLS
ARE SERIOUSLY
HAMPERED.

41. PARENTS AND
TEACHERS CAN
LEARN SIGN
LANGUAGE TO TALK
TO THE DEAF CHILD

42. SIGN LANGUAGE IS
THE PREFERRED
MEDIUM OF
COMMUNICATION FOR
DEAF PEOPLE AMONG
THEMSELVES

43. SIGN LANGUAGE
PROVIDES FOR FREE
FLOWING
COMMUNICATION AND
EXCHANGE OF IDEAS
AT A NORMAL PACE.

44. SIGN LANGUAGE IS
THE NATURAL
LANGUAGE OF THE
DEAF

45. THANK YOU