Welcome to the wonderful world of sign language where you will use your hands, body and facial expressions to communicate. People use spoken and written languages to relay ideas, feelings, sentiments, share history and culture. Deaf people use sign language to express similarly.
Deaf Culture and Sign Language
Deaf culture is the set of social beliefs, behaviours, art, literary traditions, history, values, and shared institutions of communities that are influenced by deafness and which use sign language as the main means of communication.
Sign language is a general term which refers to a group of languages that are manually produced and visually understood. Sign language is natural to deaf persons who do not orientate their lives to the world of sound. It is not universal though – each nation, state or community with deaf persons will develop its unique sign language.
| Singapore Sign Language (SgSL) |
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| Shanghainese Sign Language (SSL) |
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| American Sign Language (ASL) |
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| Signing Exact English (SEE) |
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| Pidgin Sign English (PSE) |
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Courses and Programmes We Offer
We offer a range of sign language courses and customised Deaf awareness workshops/programmes. We also cater to the needs of frontline professionals such as medical staff, police, emergency and social workers.
- Deaf Awareness Programme
- Singapore Sign Language (SgSL) Programme
- SgSL Courses (Level 1 to 4)
- SgSL Workshop
- Work & Professional Courses
- Enrichment Course Programme
- Basic Sign Communication Course (BSC)
- Foreign Sign Language Course
- Baby Signing
See the table of comparison between courses/programmes
| Deaf Culture, Community and Language | SgSL L1-L3 courses | SgSL L4 courses | SgSL Workshop | BSC (Phased Out) | Work & Professional Course | Foreign Sign Language Course (Not Available) | |
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| Duration | 2 hours | 24 hours (2 hours x 12 lessons) | 24 hours (2 hours x 12 lessons) | 4 hours / 8 hours | 24 hours (customised schedule) | 24 hours (customised schedule) | 36 hours (3 hours x 12 lessons) |
| Levels | N.A. | 3 | 1 | N.A | Customised | Customised | Only one level |
| Introduction to Sign Language | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cultural Information | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Visual Gestural Communication | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Learn Basic Signing | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Signing sentences | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Comprehension skill | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Conversation skill | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Storytelling skill | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
| Assignment | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Test / Examination | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Recommended for | Public & Organisations/ Group | Public & Organisations/ Group | Public & Organisations/ Group | School, organisations or specialised group | Public who want to learn to sign in English. | Organisations or groups who work/serve with Deaf community | Public those who are interested in learning foreign sign language to communicate with a deaf foreigner |
| Language Requsite | English | English | English | English | English | English | No |
| Purpose | Deaf Awareness | Communication with deaf people Learning a new language Potential career such as interpreters, or teacher for the Deaf. | Communication with deaf people Learning a new language Potential career such as interpreters, or teacher for the Deaf. | Deaf Awareness | Daily communication based on English. | Communicate with deaf clients Work/serve with Deaf client | -Communication with deaf foreigner. |
Click here for more details on the profile of our SgSL Instructors.
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