learning Auslan - Real Mum story on MoM

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I have recently started to learn Auslan the Australian sign language for the deaf community. It has been such and enjoyable experience and I understand a lot of schools are now starting to teach it in the early years rather than a foreign language. I am looking forward to the day where I can help a deaf stranger and put all my knowledge to use!

Posted anonymously, 23rd March 2017

6 Comments

- - Nas01 said
  - 10 Apr 2017
    11:42 am
What a great thing to do. I’ve always loved learning to speak another language and I think learning sign language is a fantastic thing to do.

- - mom81879 said
  - 10 Apr 2017
    7:41 am
I often watch sign language people on tv and my mind boggles. They are so fast, there must be so many symbols etc to learn

- - mom176887 said
  - 03 Apr 2017
    3:31 pm
Fascinating. I wonder if learning it can help children who have other speech difficulties or delays, and hence tantrums because they can’t communicate. Might ease them over the bumps as they work on their language….. and be so useful to help them interact more widely as you will be able to!

- - june11 said
  - 02 Apr 2017
    8:46 pm
You may later be able to teach deaf children or run activity groups for them.
I’m sure it would be very rewarding.

- - mom93821 said
  - 24 Mar 2017
    4:30 am
Good on you – it is good to be able to use Auslan and be able to learn and use different communication systems.
- mom93821 replied
  
  04 Apr 2017 , 6:12 am
  Hope you have had the opportunity to use Auslan. Would be good to know if you have had the opportunity.