For the third year running, the Wits Language School is holding a South African Sign Language (SASL) song translation competition where R7500 is up for grabs!! This competition is in honour and recognition of Deaf Awareness Month which falls in September. The aim of the competition is to raise awareness of Deafness, as well as to encourage Deaf and Hearing persons to work together.Being part of the competition is easy - all you need to do is select any English song, perform it in South African Sign Language, record the performance then share it with us on YouTube!This competition is open to anyone resident in South Africa - individual or group performances, both Hearing and Deaf. However, we emphasise the use of SASL as opposed to signed English in order to score maximum points.Go to www.witslanguageschool.com/soyouthinkyoucansign for full competition information.The deadline for video submissions is 12 noon on Friday 19 September 2014.

Check out the following links to see some songs that have been performed in Sign Language:

Doo Be Doo by Freshly Ground performed by Marlon and Sinethemba (the 2 Deaf Dudes from Cape Town), our 2013 competition winners: http://youtu.be/BAloQHlykqo

Never Say Never - Justin Bieber, performed by St Vincent’s Drama Club, 2012 competition winners: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9dAgr-hAtY

My Valentine performed by Paul McCartney, featuring Natalie Portman and Johnny Depp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4dzzv81X9w