Primary Sampler Module Teacher's Notes ISL - Flipbook - Page 9
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Deaf culture and ISL:
Have you met Deaf people before?
What are Deaf culture norms? (include maintaining eye contact, touching, waving, tapping the shoulder,
stamping on floor, turning the lights on and off to get someone’s attention (depends).
How do you introduce yourself to a Deaf person?
How would you get a Deaf person’s attention?
Suggested activities:
Before we start:
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Can you introduce
Tutor introduces himself/herself to the pupils (may bring along a puppet or other
character and let them introduce themselves too, and/or involve the other adults
yourself in a different
in the classroom)
language?
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Vocabulary building games on basic greetings + “My name …”
Practice greeting + “My name …” + name, with classmates. This can be done in pairs/groups or playing a
circle game where a ball or teddy is thrown around and whoever catches it signs a greeting and introduces
himself/herself. Remind them to use eye contact: whoever says a greeting, make sure all eye contacts are
with him/her
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Tutor presents basic feelings (may use puppets/emojis/pictures, own facial expression or body language)
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Activities involving new vocabulary (matching, odd one out, true/false, sorting)
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Other activities can include:
- Tutor acts out different feelings using body language or shows a card,
Before we finish:
while pupils raise hands up in the air then sign a word
If someone introduced themselves
- Pupils draw emojis based on the words the tutor signs or shows
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Tutor signs how he/she is right now, then asks pupils how they are
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Tutor can also give out role-cards (name + feeling) and ask pupils
in ISL, do you think that you
would understand?
to role-play.
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