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French Belgian Sign Language (LSFB) is taught in at least one primary and secondary school, in Namur. This is a bilingual school which deaf and hearing children attend. Sign language courses (2 hours/week) are compulsory for deaf children and are taught by a qualified native signer. LSFB is also the language of instruction in that school for deaf children. There are two teachers in class : a signing teacher and a speaking teacher. In secondary school, there is sometimes an interpeter instead of a teacher because of the lack of qualified teachers who know LSFB. <br><br>For more info, contact me. I teach a few hours per week in that school. I will relay and translate your questions to the coordinator of the bilingual team. <br><br>Hope this helps<br><br>Thierry Haesenne<br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 14:13:13 +1100<br>From: A.Schembri@LATROBE.EDU.AU<br>Subject: Sign languages taught in primary/elementary & secondary/high schools?<br>To: SLLING-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACC.EDU<br><br>
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<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft SafeHTML"><div><div><div>A colleague is preparing a response to a recent Australian government paper on teaching languages other than English in primary and secondary schools here which lists a range of spoken languages as 'priority languages' for teaching, but does not list Auslan among those languages (a change from a former government language policy in which it was included as a 'prority language'). She asked me to ask colleagues on the SLLING-L: is/are your national sign language(s) taught to hearing children in primary/elementary and secondary/high schools in your country?</div><div>Does anyone know where my colleague can obtain information about sign language instruction in schools in other countries (NB: we are not looking for information about the use of sign language as a language of instruction in schools/units/programmes for deaf children)?</div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Adam</div><div>
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</span><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Associate Professor Adam Schembri<br>
Director, National Institute for Deaf Studies and Sign Language<br>
La Trobe University | Melbourne (Bundoora) | Victoria | 3086 | Australia<br>
Tel: +61 3 9479 2887 | Fax: +61 3 9479 3074 | www.latrobe.edu.au/nids (under construction)<br>
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