Sign language is the main tool for hearing-impaired people tocommunicate with others, but the teaching of this verbal communicationis inadequate and does not meet the requirements of these unfortunatepeople, impeding their integration into society.
Unable to hear since he was born, Nguyen The Son used to live a quiteisolated life as he could not communicate with others. Since he joined asign language class, he has had more friends, both those like himselfand normal people.
Son confided that before learning signlanguage he was unable to talk with others and after attending classesfor two months he now can communicate with his peers in the class.
Thefamilies and friends of deaf people also want to learn sign language asthey wish to better understand their unfortunate beloved.
Nguyen Thi Thu Ha said she has a relative who is unable to hear so sheis taking the class to learn sign language to talk with her.
AlexanderGarza, who is studying at Hanoi National University , has beenlearning sign language for four months so that he is able to talk withhis hearing-impaired friends in Hanoi .
According to statistics, Vietnam has more than 1 million hearingimpaired people, including over 400,000 children of school age. Thecountry has only 70 schools or centres that cater for people withhearing problems, and these are mainly found in big cities.
President of the Hanoi Deaf Association Le Van Anh said sign languageis the only means for deaf people to communicate with the community.There is a growing demand to learn the language, but there is a shortageof centres and teachers.
To resolve the situation,the Hanoi Deaf Association has opened sign language classes and built alibrary of sign language books and electronic resources.
According to Associate Professor Dr. Le Van Tac, Director of theSpecial Education Research Centre, the Ministry of Education andTraining is building a national teaching system for sign language. Inthe coming time, sign will become a common language for everyone.
Without sign language, deaf people lack means of communication.Therefore, the development of a system to teach sign language will builda society with no barriers. It also gives hearing impaired people moreopportunities to access cultural and entertainment activities andintegrate into the community.-VNA
Unable to hear since he was born, Nguyen The Son used to live a quiteisolated life as he could not communicate with others. Since he joined asign language class, he has had more friends, both those like himselfand normal people.
Son confided that before learning signlanguage he was unable to talk with others and after attending classesfor two months he now can communicate with his peers in the class.
Thefamilies and friends of deaf people also want to learn sign language asthey wish to better understand their unfortunate beloved.
Nguyen Thi Thu Ha said she has a relative who is unable to hear so sheis taking the class to learn sign language to talk with her.
AlexanderGarza, who is studying at Hanoi National University , has beenlearning sign language for four months so that he is able to talk withhis hearing-impaired friends in Hanoi .
According to statistics, Vietnam has more than 1 million hearingimpaired people, including over 400,000 children of school age. Thecountry has only 70 schools or centres that cater for people withhearing problems, and these are mainly found in big cities.
President of the Hanoi Deaf Association Le Van Anh said sign languageis the only means for deaf people to communicate with the community.There is a growing demand to learn the language, but there is a shortageof centres and teachers.
To resolve the situation,the Hanoi Deaf Association has opened sign language classes and built alibrary of sign language books and electronic resources.
According to Associate Professor Dr. Le Van Tac, Director of theSpecial Education Research Centre, the Ministry of Education andTraining is building a national teaching system for sign language. Inthe coming time, sign will become a common language for everyone.
Without sign language, deaf people lack means of communication.Therefore, the development of a system to teach sign language will builda society with no barriers. It also gives hearing impaired people moreopportunities to access cultural and entertainment activities andintegrate into the community.-VNA
