Dear blog..
I have started the best thing ever since the invention of talking. It's sign language..
No.. i'm not really deaf or have a bad hearing.. (well over the latter can be discussed!) :P
I finally took the chance of particpating on a course in Ghent.. and it's just great.
It's every tuesday from 7.30PM to 9.30PM and we do lots of things.
Our teacher is called Monique and she is really deaf. She teaches it very good.. the 2 hours fly by every time. I'm in my first year, and it's about 4 years.. so i'm pretty hooked. There are many people from students to even pshycologists.. only 2 teachers, me and onother (but she's from highschool) I allreay met 2 nice girls and there are even boys! There are about 25 peeps every time.
And it sure is a beautiful language! Maybe I will upload a vid of me when doing signlanguage and show everything I learned allready :D hmm.. maybe :D
We started with the alphabet and now we're doing non stop signing, from introducing yourself to tell about your family.. and so on! It started in October and goes on till April. I hope to achieve this dream to use signing language in education in a few years from now.. :) See the Flemish alphabet here:
Want some more information about Signlanguage?
1. I'm learning the Flemish Sign Language.
2. There are different types of Signing even in the Flemish parts of Belgium.. they even have some kinds of 'dialects', and in different parts of Belgium some signing is sometimes a bit different.
3. So you can understand that also every country has it's signing language!
4. What is Signing Language? Says Wiki: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebarentaal (dutch.. but also in English ;) )
5. Where am I taking my courses? http://www.fevlado.be/index.aspx?wensen=True
6. Why did I start taking this? Well.. in my sixt year of High School I had to do an EndPaper about 'Language development'.. of children. In that paper I spend a part talking about 'Bad developments and bad hearing/Deaf children..) in my research on that I was really so interested by everything I saw on the subjects! I went to see logopedists and I even thought about going in to University to become a logopedist ! Till this day.. i'm still find it a pity I didn't do that.. ah well. A couple of years ago, I was every time too late to apply to this course, but this year I was sooo fast :P and I'm in :D
7. Flemish Signing language on the internet: http://gebaren.ugent.be/
9. If you want to know your name in Flemish Signing alfabet.. look at the list below! Have fun!!
Love..
xxSara
