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Deaf kids level with hearing peers | Adelaide Now
KLEMZIG Primary School students are signing up to a public school first - learning the art of Auslan.
Auslan, or Australian Sign Language, is being taught to both the school's hearing and deaf students as the school's language other than English and is used in bilingual classrooms.
Teacher of the Deaf Kerry Chambers works with a mainstream teacher in a year 6/7 class to deliver the curriculum in both English and Auslan. "I work in a class with a mainstream teacher and when she is teaching I stand next to her and interpret into Auslan, allowing the kids to access the curriculum in their preferred language," she said.
Ms Chambers said she really liked the way the school incorporated three bilingual classes because it fully integrated deaf students' learning alongside their hearing peers.
"They get to socialise with the hearing kids and most students, because they all learn Auslan as LOTE, are fluent," she said.
"Learning Auslan is definitely a skill the hearing kids become proud of as well. They become very accepting of difference and it's not classed as a disability here."
Auslan is the language of the deaf community in Australia and is a recognised language in its own right with its own structure and grammar.
Year 7 student Talisha said she liked learning Auslan because it enabled her to communicate with the deaf students, "which is something we might not have done if we didn't have the opportunity to learn Auslan".
"It's also a really great way to have our own secret language when we are out ... three of my friends are deaf or hearing impaired and we have a great time," she said.
Year 6 student Sacha said she was excited to come to this school and know she did not have to worry about a potential communication barrier.
KLEMZIG Primary School students are signing up to a public school first - learning the art of Auslan.
Auslan, or Australian Sign Language, is being taught to both the school's hearing and deaf students as the school's language other than English and is used in bilingual classrooms.
Teacher of the Deaf Kerry Chambers works with a mainstream teacher in a year 6/7 class to deliver the curriculum in both English and Auslan. "I work in a class with a mainstream teacher and when she is teaching I stand next to her and interpret into Auslan, allowing the kids to access the curriculum in their preferred language," she said.
Ms Chambers said she really liked the way the school incorporated three bilingual classes because it fully integrated deaf students' learning alongside their hearing peers.
"They get to socialise with the hearing kids and most students, because they all learn Auslan as LOTE, are fluent," she said.
"Learning Auslan is definitely a skill the hearing kids become proud of as well. They become very accepting of difference and it's not classed as a disability here."
Auslan is the language of the deaf community in Australia and is a recognised language in its own right with its own structure and grammar.
Year 7 student Talisha said she liked learning Auslan because it enabled her to communicate with the deaf students, "which is something we might not have done if we didn't have the opportunity to learn Auslan".
"It's also a really great way to have our own secret language when we are out ... three of my friends are deaf or hearing impaired and we have a great time," she said.
Year 6 student Sacha said she was excited to come to this school and know she did not have to worry about a potential communication barrier.