Norwegian Deaf demand sign language's official status in Norway

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Nov 1-3 there will be a festival... celebrating and educating about norwegian sign language... then, Deaf people will gather together in Oslo (Nov 3) to protest at the Storting to demand equal official language recognization for Norwegian Sign Language. They are calling it Tegnspråkdagene - Sign Language days.

On the front page with a baby photo, the text says: The sign language's future - our responsiblity!

It is exciting, and I support this!

New Norwegian and Bokmål Norwegian are official languages in Norway, but sami language and sign language should be added.

Here is a program of activities here (only in norwegian):

Program for tegnspråkdagene / Nyhetsarkiv / Nyheter / Forsiden - Norges Døveforbund
 
It's super :thumb: I am happy for you all... *thumbup*

Sign language are being recognization here in Germany last May 2002 which is super!!!
 
Glad to see the effort at supportand awareness. Let us know how it goes!
 
Kult!! Norwegian is cool and I hope to add NTS to my repitoire of languages (along with a little norwegian!).
 
doh said:
Kult!! Norwegian is cool and I hope to add NTS to my repitoire of languages (along with a little norwegian!).
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Fint om du kunne lære deg litt norsk tegnspråk.
Kanskje du kunne bli med Ål folkehøyskole for et år? Flott sjanse til å lære deg norsk t.s. og bokmål :)

Fine if you could learn a little norwegian sign language.
Maybe you could join Ål people high school for a year? Great chance to learn norwegian sign language and bokmål norwegian.

It is also a great opportunity for hearing peeps if they want to be interpreters or if they just want to learn sign language.
Ål folkehøyskole - English - English 
 
Liza said:
Fint om du kunne lære deg litt norsk tegnspråk.
Kanskje du kunne bli med Ål folkehøyskole for et år? Flott sjanse til å lære deg norsk t.s. og bokmål :)

Fine if you could learn a little norwegian sign language.
Maybe you could join Ål people high school for a year? Great chance to learn norwegian sign language and bokmål norwegian.

It is also a great opportunity for hearing peeps if they want to be interpreters or if they just want to learn sign language.
Ål folkehøyskole - English - English*
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I'm 27 :) Little old for high school!
 
Liza said:
Fint om du kunne lære deg litt norsk tegnspråk.
Kanskje du kunne bli med Ål folkehøyskole for et år? Flott sjanse til å lære deg norsk t.s. og bokmål :)

Fine if you could learn a little norwegian sign language.
Maybe you could join Ål people high school for a year? Great chance to learn norwegian sign language and bokmål norwegian.

It is also a great opportunity for hearing peeps if they want to be interpreters or if they just want to learn sign language.
Ål folkehøyskole - English - English*
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Let's hope that Norweigan Sign Language is regconized soon.

Is du the word for you in Norweigan? Is Norsk the Norweign word for Norweign? Litte mean little? Kunne mean could? Og mean and? Kankjse is maybe? I realize that the Norweigan words may not have the exact meanings or syntax as English but its fun to guess which word means what.
 
deafskeptic said:
Let's hope that Norweigan Sign Language is regconized soon.

Is du the word for you in Norweigan? Is Norsk the Norweign word for Norweign? Litte mean little? Kunne mean could? Og mean and? Kankjse is maybe? I realize that the Norweigan words may not have the exact meanings or syntax as English but its fun to guess which word means what.
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"Du" is the objective form of "you" (deg is the subjective form)
litt is a little :)
Kunne is can
og is and
kanskje is indeed 'maybe' :)
lære - learn (also teach)

lære is "to learn" - "kunne lære" - can learn... du kunne lære deg "...you can learn you" - sometimes literal translations are fun! :D

Wish I had more opportunity to use my norwegian skills. They are becoming rusty!
 
I provided a translation in the same post ;)

Fine if you could learn a little norwegian sign language.
Maybe you could join Ål people high school for a year? Great chance to learn norwegian sign language and bokmål norwegian.
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doh - it's not "high school" in the same sense American HS is. It is just a normal kind of school anyone of any age over 18 can attend if they are unsure about colleges or tech schools - all we have are programs, field trips, and classes (no grading system and no exams at all). I spent a year (all students get one year normally) there a few years ago to improve norwegian and to learn t.s., and the oldest student was in her 40s.
 
Liza said:
I provided a translation in the same post ;)



doh - it's not "high school" in the same sense American HS is. It is just a normal kind of school anyone of any age over 18 can attend if they are unsure about colleges or tech schools - all we have are programs, field trips, and classes (no grading system and no exams at all). I spent a year there a few years ago, and the oldest student was in her 40s.
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Oh cool! I wonder what kind of visa would be required for that... It would really be an immersive experience! :lol: My Norwegian is OK if it's written and I have my dictionary next to me. Can't speak it to save my life.

I'm tempted to go to a university in UK to study English and I could possibly spend a year in Norway studying. Would be very worth it to learn Norwegian and about Norwegian culture. I am a little obsessed! (Can you tell ?)
 
Liza said:
I provided a translation in the same post ;)



doh - it's not "high school" in the same sense American HS is. It is just a normal kind of school anyone of any age over 18 can attend if they are unsure about colleges or tech schools - all we have are programs, field trips, and classes (no grading system and no exams at all). I spent a year (all students get one year normally) there a few years ago to improve norwegian and to learn t.s., and the oldest student was in her 40s.
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Yes, if I am not mistaken, mandatory schooling in Norway only goes to the equivilent of American grade 10. Is that correct?
 
doh said:
Oh cool! I wonder what kind of visa would be required for that... It would really be an immersive experience! :lol: My Norwegian is OK if it's written and I have my dictionary next to me. Can't speak it to save my life.

I'm tempted to go to a university in UK to study English and I could possibly spend a year in Norway studying. Would be very worth it to learn Norwegian and about Norwegian culture. I am a little obsessed! (Can you tell ?)
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Maybe a student visa? Maybe you could contact Ål FHS and see what they have to say about all of the requirements? In my experience, English is just fine to use in your inquiries :)

Ja, I noticed you had an interest in this. Yep, it is a great opportunity to immerse yourself in Norwegian culture (in addition to the Deaf climate there), and you kinda don't forget your classmates.. when stuck together for a year! And you do get to go on an international field trip... I believe the class last year went to Cuba, and mine went to Estonia and Russia. It was fun.

The FHS experience is quite a norwegian thing to do, although not all may decide to have that. Ål FHS is the only one in Norway that offers the Deaf experience (signing teachers, etc).

By the way I can't speak english and norwegian to save my life either!
 
jillio said:
Yes, if I am not mistaken, mandatory schooling in Norway only goes to the equivilent of American grade 10. Is that correct?
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I have no idea about that, jillio! :eek3:
I'll ask someone about it.
 
Liza said:
I have no idea about that, jillio! :eek3:
I'll ask someone about it.
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Thanks! I do believe I read it in a research paper comparing Norwegian and Australian education for the deaf. I'll look for my research, and if I find it first, I'll post.
 
The Education Act of
1998 introduced a requirement for
10 years of compulsory education.
Students attend primary and secondary
school in the course of these 10
years (from ages 6 to 15 years); students
who have completed compulsory
education have the right to 3
years of full-time upper secondary
education.

American Annals of the Deaf. Education of the deaf in norway and australia: A comparative study of the interpretations and applications of inclusion. 150-5. pp415-426.
 
jillio said:
Yes, if I am not mistaken, mandatory schooling in Norway only goes to the equivilent of American grade 10. Is that correct?
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apparently Jill, Norway has the [one of the] highest level of literancy rates in the world, so I'm not surprised about this, but then again as for deaf students I'm not so sure....
 
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