Boost Your

Communicatio
n Skills Using
Sign
Language!
Jeff Hernandez

Things to Cover
Introduction to Sign Language
History of Sign Language
Sign Language - Fun Facts
Types of Sign Language
Who uses Sign Language?
What percentage of the World is Dependent on

Sign Language?
Why is Sign Language Important?
The Role of Sign Language Interpreters
Communication made simpler with Sign
Language
Conclusion

SIGN LANGUAGE
Manual communication

& body language to

convey meaning, as
opposed to acoustically
conveyed sound
patterns.
You can also used a

different medium
Hands
Facial expressions
Eyes

History of Sign Language

Aristotlethe 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
educated
1771 established the first public free deaf
In 1995, a woman namedHeather
Whitestonebecame the first deaf woman to
be named Miss America in the Miss America
pageant.

Sign Language - Fun Facts

It 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 Language

American 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 People
Sign language newscasters
Some 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

Interpreters
Converts spoken language

into sign language

Work for schools, hospitals or
government agencies
Listening carefully to, or
watching, what is said or
signed
Interpreting everything that
is said or signed

Communication made simpler

with Sign Language
Sign 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 Numbers

Conclusion
What 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.

References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_language
http://www.kidzworld.com/article/6505-history-of-sign

language
https://www.simplythescoop.com/topicdetail/nYCqhA==/why-some-parents-are-not-use-signlanguage-with-their-deaf-children
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sign_language
https://dssofgcsc.wordpress.com/for-professors/types-ofsign-language/
http://translationexcellence.com/interpretation-servicesdenver
http://www.start-american-sign-language.com/history-ofsign-language.html
http://libguides.gallaudet.edu/content.php?
pid=114804&sid=991835
http://study.com/articles/Sign_Language_Interpreter_Job_D

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