Module 4 – Sign Language basics: vocabulary, presentation, giving information

Topic 1: Dactylology and vocabulary

Learning Objective

Museum workers will be able to properly use the manual alphabet and vocabulary based on the necessary context

Topics

• Hystory and use of dactylology in the context of sign language.
• Basic vocabulary needed to ensure basic communication.

Learning Outcomes

• Knowledge and understanding

  • The learner knows the manual alphabet of national sign language.
  • The learner knows the origin and history of manual alphabet in the Deaf community.
  • The learner identifies the correct vocabulary to communicate at basic level

• Skills

  • The learner understands when he/she has to use the dactylology.
  • The learner provides examples of vocabulary needed to communicate at basic level with a Deaf visitor.

• Values and attitudes

  • The learner is able to properly use the dactylology in the right context.
  • The learner is able to sign the words related to numbers, personal pronouns, time, space, verbs

Topic 2: Phonology, morphology and syntax in the sign language

Learning Objective

Museum workers will be able to familiarise with the concept of phonology, morphology and syntax of national sign language

Topics

• Phonology as the study of the sign elements
• Morphology as the mechanisms by which words/signs can be modified
• Syntax as the study of sentence structure in sign language

Learning Outcomes

• Knowledge and understanding

  • The learner explains the four basic parameters of the sign.
  • The learner defines the mechanisms through which the signs can be modified.
  • The learner knows the basic syntax rules of the national sign language

• Skills

  • The learner produces examples of signs based on the basic parameters.
  • The learner distinguishes different mechanisms to be used to change the meaning of a sign
  • The learner identifies the basic rules needed to communicate with a Deaf visitor

• Values and attitudes

  • The learner is able to perform the signs taking into account the parameters and non-manual components.
  • The learner applies the right mechanism to produce the right sign.
  • The learner is able to use the syntax rules to formulate a basic sentence

Topic 3: The basic sentence structure in sign language

Learning Objective

Museum workers will be able to formulate a minimal sentence in sign language based on the syntax rules.

Topics

• The Interrogative form of a sentence
• The Affirmative form of a sentence
• The Negative form of a sentence.

Learning Outcomes

• Knowledge and understanding

  • The learner knows the rules to formulate a question.
  • The learner explains the main types of sentence structure.
  • The learner illustrates the right order of the sentence elements.
  • The learner identifies the ways to form a negative sentence in sign language.

• Skills

  • The learner applies the rules to make a yes-no question and a wh-question.
  • The learner makes use of the right order to compose simple, compound and complex sentences.
  • The learner applies the ways to form a negative sentence.

• Values and attitudes

  • The learner is able to properly sign yes-no questions and wh-questions.
  • The learner is able to communicate by using the adequate order of the sentence.
  • The learner performs negative sentences using the right rules and non-manual components

Topic 4: Greetings and introducing yourself

Learning Objective

The museum workers will be able to welcome Deaf visitors at basic level in order to convey a sense of inclusion and accessibility.

Topics

• General greetings
• Vocabulary to introduce themselves.

Learning Outcomes

• Knowledge and understanding

  • The learner remembers the basic rules to communicate with Deaf people
  • The learner knows the signs to be used for welcoming a Deaf person.

• Skills

  • The learner identifies the general greetings signs
  • The learner provides examples on how to introduce himself when a Deaf visitor arrives.

• Values and attitudes

  • The learner is able to properly welcome Deaf people at the museum
  • The learner is able to explain his/her role in the museum

Topic 5: Providing information about the museum

Learning Objective

The museum workers will be able to provide basic information about the museum when Deaf people arrive.

Topics

• Information related to the museum activities, times and itineraries
• Information concerns directions to reach places in the museum.

Learning Outcomes

• Knowledge and understanding

  • The learner is aware of the information a Deaf visitor needs when arrives at the museum
  • The learner knows the vocabulary to provide directions.

• Skills

  • The learner identifies the vocabulary to provide information about activities, itineraries and opening time of the museum
  • The learner shows how to provide directions inside the museum.

• Values and attitudes

  • The learner produces basic sentences to provide information about the museum activities
  • The leaners is able to properly show how to reach the places inside and outside of the museum