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The Ascension of Our Lord Parish Church, Lagro, Quezon City is now offering Basic Sign Language summer class for year 2010.

The Basic Sign Language Course is a three-month course which has 12 sessions. Each session, held every Sunday, runs from 1:00-5:00 p.m. (4 hours) with a total of 48 class hours. Part of the course is another 24 hours of exposure that will be required from each of the students which they will earn during church visits.

For year 2010, classes will start on March 7, 2010. Visit Ascencion of Our Lord Parish Church every Sunday mass for the deaf in Lagro, Quezon City at 10am so you can see the actual signing of our graduate students and teachers.

Classes will be held in the 4th floor of the Parish Bldg. every Sunday from 1pm to 5pm starting on March 7, 2010.

For more inquiries, pls. contact the coordinators

Butch Castillo 09195526313

OBJECTIVEs of the BASIC SIGN LANGUAGE COURSE:

At the end of the course, the trainees are expected to:

1. Master the alphabet (A-Z) and be able to fingerspell words associating them with numbers and sentences

2. Sign vocabularies and sentences using the proper principles and guidelines in signing effectively

3. Sign songs and prayers expressively

CONTENTS:

A. THEORIES

1. Introduction

Deaf Awareness Information

Overview of the BSLC Requirements and Expectations

2. Vocabularies

The Alphabet

Numbers

Handshapes

Knowing About Oneself and Question Words

Pronouns, Common Greetings

Family and Relationship

Color

Quantity, Sizes and Shapes

Calendar month/time/day

Auxiliary verbs and Basic Action Words

Mental Action

Adjective

Love and Courtship

Religion, Holy Book, Sacraments, Persons, Places and Jesus Kin

STRATEGIES:

1. Lecture and Discussion

2. Application and signs learned

Signing of words and sentences

Signing of rhymes, poems and songs

Interaction with the deaf through exposure in different parishes on Sundays

EVALUATION

1. Signing vocabulary words and sentences learned

2. Song interpretation

3. Comprehensive Written and Oral / Practical Evaluation (Finals)

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

1. Attendance: at least 40 hours, 10 sessions (absences of not more than 2 sessions)

2. Pass the Comprehensive Written and Oral / Practical examinations.

3. At least 24 hours of interaction/exposure with the deaf individuals during signed mass and meetings and other activities that may be suggested.

For more details, you can read and watch my Sign Language Class personal experience
here : My Basic Sign Language Graduation 2009

I’m so happy to graduate from Basic Sign Language Class this summer 2009. I have an additional achievement this year. It started only when we heard from the church mass in Lagro, Quezon City that a Sign Language Class was being offered. So me and my mom went ahead and never missed a lesson.

The Hands For Praise Community of the Ascension of Our Lord Parish in Lagro Quezon City is accredited by PRID (Phil. Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc.)  At the end of 13 weeks I know now to how to spell, construct simple sentences, interpret songs and communicate with the Hearing Impaired, and even sign during Masses!

The classes were held in the 4th Flr. Seminar Hall of the Parish in Lagro, Quezon City. The class was from 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM, for 12 Sundays. And there’s no age limit, I have classmates from 8 years old to 58 years old. Some were SPED teachers, waiters, accountants, nurses, college and elementary students. They accept everybody who likes to learn the language of signs. And the fee is only cheap, its worth it.

Some of my classmates showing their personal sign names.

In Deaf culture and sign language, a sign name is a special sign that is used to uniquely identify a person, just like a name. There are some special rules around sign names; for example, they must be given to you by a Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing person. This ensures that no one else in the community already has the same sign name, or that the same sign does not have a different meaning.

Like other classes, we also had our written exams. The questions were about the goals of PRID, the causes of deafness, diseases, and medicines that affects the hearing of a person, guidelines of finger spelling and the code of ethics.

We had our one whole day exposure with the deaf community. We had games, program, and swimming.  We played with the deaf, dance with them and just had one whole day of fun using the sign language we learned.

Before we graduate, we had to undergo an evaluation test from the people in PRID ( Philippine Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc.). Each of us had her song interpretation in sign language.

After 12 Sundays, finally we have our graduation day. It was a unique program because our audience were the deaf community, parents and friends. So every number in the program was done in sign language.

For more information about the Basic Sign Language Classes, you may check  Hand Speak 2009.

Update for 2010 :
Basic Sign Language will be offered again year in Ascencion of Our Lord Parish in Lagro Quezon City. Classes starts March 7, 2010. You can contact our coordinator Sir Butch Castillo at 09195526313

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