Friday 13 May 2016

New Zealand Sign Language Week

NZ sign language is one of New Zealand's official languages and we have taken the opportunity this week to learn some basic sign language. We have all really enjoyed it!
So far we have learnt how to sign 'yes', 'no', 'good morning', 'good afternoon', 'thank you', 'nice', 'nice to meet you' and how to introduce ourselves, signing 'my name is ...'. We learnt the alphabet in sign so that we could spell out our names. Today we learnt how to count to 10 and also some of the signs for animals. It is quite challenging to remember all the different actions. 
Some of the students requested the links to the NZSL online dictionary and also the Deaf organisation website that we have been using - please click on the links below. Explore both sites and see what you can find!

Happy signing!!





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