OPENING SESSION - SKILLS FOR COMMUNICATION WITH PEOPLE WITH HEARING LOSS CLASS 71
On November 27, 2022, Ms. Duong Phuong Hanh - Director of Center for Research and Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (CED) trained Sign Language – Basic Level for 36 participants, including 23 students majoring in, Social Work, Education, Nursery, Linguistics, Economics-Finance, Communication and Public Relations and 13 participants who work in areas of Education, Health Care, Laws, Social Activities, Communication…
Sign language is one of two themes in the training program on Skills for Communication with People with Hearing Loss (Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Late Deafened). The second theme is lipsreading.
In the first session, participants learned about people with hearing loss, concepts on sign language and the Vietnamese Alphabet Signs, practicing introducing with Family Name and Given Name. Moreover, participants also learned making signs for following sentences:
- Who would like to pioneer practice?
- I spell one word, guess what it is.
- Thank you/sorry/no problem.
- See you next week!
- Enjoy your lunch!
Especially, participants were instructed about sign-thinking through the activity of guessing “what does this sign means?” and analysing how the sign is formed so.
Classes are held periodically on Sunday mornings.
