Session2.3, Sar-el OREN OHANA, Access Israel, Israel (202 PRA)
Transcript of Session2.3, Sar-el OREN OHANA, Access Israel, Israel (202 PRA)
Creating Bridges between Hearing and Deaf People
Sarel Oren Ohana Founder, Pay It Forward in Sign Language Head, Special Projects Division, Access Israel
Course Module: The Basics of Sign Language
Themes and Word Groups • Daily conversations • Fingerspelling • Colors • Family members • Feelings • Cities and countries • Numbers; dates and time • Common verbs
• 12 hours total • 6 weekly classes • 2 hours per class
Target Audience: all ages!
Children simulating deafness and practicing sign language with their deaf instructor. “Pay It Forward” classes for TALMA, The Israel Program for Excellence in English. July 2015, Israel.
In Class: Only Use Body Language & Signs
Activities: • Practicing conversations
in working pairs. • Interactive group games. • Creating signs for
students’ names. • Final project: video clips
of singing in sign language
Click to watch Beersheba Course Video Clip, 2015 “Before It Ends,” by Idan Raichel
Business Model for Creating Social Change Socail Goals • Social visibility for deaf people.
• Promoting equal opportunities for deaf people
in the job market.
• Creating jobs for deaf people.
• Encouraging deaf people to take part in changing their social image.
• Bridging communication and cultural gaps between the hearing and the deaf.
• Minimal fees to enable people with limited incomes to participate.
• Reaching out to the peripheries and to diverse sections of the population.
Course fee: minimal and affordable. Employment: paid deaf instructors. Course development: Incorporating deaf people in the pedagogical process.
Tel Aviv Course, October 2015
Course Aides Fingerspelling in
Israeli Sign Language “Pay It Forward in Sign Language”
Free Cellular App
Features: • Videos of the alphabet, common
words and greetings, colors, verbs and more.
• Exercises for self-practice.
• “Test yourself” section.
Screenshots
“Love”
“Couple”
Modulated Courses for Institutions and Businesses
• Basics of Sign Language
• Extra vocabulary
• Training in
providing accessible services.
• Deafness simulations.
• Exploring cultural differences.
• Promoting
ideas of tolerance, equality, and empathy for others.
• Basics of sign language.
• Extra vocabulary.
• Communication
skills with deaf people.
• Expanding means of communication under water.
• Exposing divers to deaf culture and language.
The Image of Sign Language: Then and Now Goals: • Changing the negative image of sign language. • Encouraging people to learn & use sign language. • Affirming the presence of sign language in Israeli culture.
Means: Music Video with local celebrities & people singing in sign language for prime time TV.
“You and I Will Change the World” Campaign
Israeli celebrities & deaf people singing in sign language
Click image to watch.