DEUTSCHE GEBÄRDENSPRACHEVS.AMERICA SIGN LANGUAGE

By: ANNA

About Me (in ASL)

My name is Anna My presentation is on Deutsche

Gebärdensprache and American Sign Language

I know French, I study German and Sign Language

I am 20, my birthday is in 2 months My favorite color is pink. My favorite number

is 7 I live in West Warwick with dad & step-mom.

My mom lives in Coventry. My sister lives at URI.

Culture Project Intro

Why did I chose this topic?

I have always loved watching people sign to one another.

I needed elective credits to graduate and ASL was an option!

I would love to become a sign language interpreter.

What is sign language?

The dominate language of the deaf community. Using mostly the hands, body and facial expressions to communicate.

It is NOT a universal language. It is used all over the world, but the signs vary from country to country.

There are different dialects and accents!!

How did it start?

1815 Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, a Protestant minister from Hartford, Conn. visited Dr. Mason Cogswell in Europe and was asked by Cogswell to investigate methods of teaching his daughter who was deaf. While in Europe he meet a student of the Royal Institution for the Deaf in Paris who was Laurent Clerc. Gallauget asked Clerc to come back to Conn. In 1817 the two men opened the Connecticut Asylum for the education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb persons(now American School for the Deaf)

Est. 500,000-2 million use ASL as primary language.

Has been historically discouraged in schools for the deaf.

Some consider sign language to not even be a real language.

Regional accents South signs slower

than the North.

German sing language has only recently been recognized as a legitimate language.

300,000 deaf/HOH with 80,000 deaf. (13-14 million people with hearing loss)

Varies in regions of Germany Hamburg, Berlin, Munich

and regions of former East Germany

Swiss –German (Deutschschweizer Gebärdensprache) & Austrian (Österreichische Gebärdensprache) Sign Language are both thought to be related to German Sign Language

American German

American Alphabet German Alphabet

German Sign Language

70 Schools for Deaf & Hard of Hearing in Germany. Each of the 16 federal states has their own educational system

Deaf students attend public or special school

Deaf & HOH individuals are present in public and scientific discussions

2000 16 deaf and 12 HOH teachers in schools for hearing imparied. Makes up about 1% of teachers in these schools

Before 1980s SL was labeled as “Plaudern” (chatting)

American Sign Language Very similar to many European Sign

Languages Used primarily in America

Different regions have different signs When asking a Y/N question, raised eyebrows When asking Who question, lower eyebrows Deaf Community

Deaf- Proud of deaf culture deaf- hiding from world

124 yrs Gallaudet President was hearing Have to be very careful, many signs look

similar Coffee & Make Love

Comparison

My name is Anna

I like the color pink

I learn German and Sign Language

Interesting Facts Admit when you don’t understand Use terms Deaf or Hard of Hearing Don’t assume all deaf people are good

lipreaders Don’t correct deaf’s english skills 10% deaf people have deaf parents When watching someone sign it is

appropriate to look at their face, not their hands.

Watching a signed conversation and not indicating you know sign language and talking without signing in the presence of a deaf person are considered rude.

Tap on shoulder

Wave with only one hand in front or to the side.

Stamp on the floor once, or several times

Quickly turn lights on & off once

Tap on head, face, chest, hips etc…

Wave with both arms (except emergency)

Stamp loudly in library or hospital with hearing people

Keep the lights off, or play with them in a public place

Do Don’t

Cochlear Implants Is an implant that sits behind the ear and is

surgically implanted under the skin It is to help a person who is deaf or

profoundly hard of hearing, and is nothing like a hearing aid

Using a cochlear implant is different than normal hearing and takes time to learn/relearn.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKJo-krJJNY

ASL VIDEOS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKnF9CCYQPQ

DPAN- Waiting On The World To Change

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2nX41KvnNY Keith Wann- ICE ICE BABY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bNXdFpeASo 7things-Miley Cyrus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmKnQjBf8wM&feature=related Party In The USA-Miley Cyrus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC5tWuj7qcI&feature=related Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air

Works Cited

http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/coch.asp www.youtube.com Moores, Donald F., and Margery Staman Miller.

Deaf People around the World: Educational and Social Perspectives. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet UP, 2009. Print.

Costello, Elaine. Random House Webster's American Sign Language Dictionary: Unabridged,. New York: Random House Reference, 2008. Print.

www.about.com www.wikipedia.com Nancy Fuller, ASL Professor