LL-L "Sign language" 2011.04.28 (04) [EN-NL]

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From: Sandy Fleming <fleemin at live.co.uk>

Subject: LL-L "Sign language" 2011.04.28 (03) [EN-NL]

> From: Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc. <roger.thijs at euro-support.be>|
> Subject: LL-L Sign language

> In tegenstelling tot wat vaak gedacht wordt, bestaat er geen universele
gebarentaal. Gebarentalen verschillen van land tot land, en van streek tot
streek. Zo is het gebaar voor 'klein' anders in West-Vlaanderen dan in
Antwerpen. Ook het Vlaamse en Waalse gebaar voor dat woord verschillen van
elkaar. De Vlaamse gebarentaal (VGT) is de moedertaal van ongeveer
zesduizend Vlamingen en wordt daarnaast ook gebruikt door 26.000 à 30.000
horende mensen.

How can it be that five times as many hearing people use VGT as there are
native signers? What are they all using it for?

Other than that, the state of Deaf education is a very old story. It sounds
like it is a bit better in Britain, but it depends where you live, and what
sort of doctors, parents and teachers you have.

Sandy Fleming
http://scotstext.org/


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