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Empowering marganalised culture : the institution of South African sign language at the University of the Free State

Published Article / This paper aims to describe the state of South African Sign Language (SASL)
at the University of the Free State (UFS). It provides background to the
development of SASL, the development of Deaf education, the teaching of
sign language and sign language interpreting at the UFS, research and
community development. SASL is one of the languages offered at the UFS.
The University has been involved with ground-breaking research to
implement a training course on all levels of tertiary education. Students can
complete a degree in sign language and also do postgraduate studies in sign
language and sign language interpreting. This article aims to indicate how
teaching of SASLas an official language empowers marginalised culture.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:cut/oai:ir.cut.ac.za:11462/510
Date January 2008
CreatorsAkach, Philemon, Naude, Jacobus A
ContributorsCentral University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein
PublisherJournal for New Generation Sciences : Socio-constructive language practice : training in the South African context : Special Edition, Vol 6, Issue 3: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle
Format734 606 bytes, 1 file, Application/PDF
RightsCentral University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein
RelationJournal for New Generation Sciences;Vol 6, Issue 3

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