LECTURE 3:
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USED BY THE DEAF IN NIGERIA


                                  LESSON OBJECTIVES:
¡By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1.Identify the geographical location of Nigeria in a map
2.Mention the six regions of Nigeria
3.Differentiate between: SEE1; SEE2; SSS; Contact Signs, and Pidgin Singed English.
4.Converse using ASL.
5.
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  GROUP ASSIGNMENT
¡Group 1:  (a). Adamcová, Beáta; (b). Berg, Heidi; ( c). Koláčná, Kristýna
¡Group 2:  (a). Birnkammer, Stefan; (b). Linhová, Marie; ( c). Straková, Monika
¡Group 3:  (a). Glavanics, Gerda;  (b). Vajdíková, Zuzana; ( c). Sunday, Akaninyene Arnold; (d).
Štibrányiová, Marína
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¡*** Each group will pick a topic of interest to them on issue bordering on deaf people (in their
countries) and write an essay of between 3-5 pages.  Each group will present their study on
Wednesday April 29 in form of seminar.

                  MAP OF AFRICA
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MAP OF NIGERIA SHOWING THE 6 REGIONS
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COMMUNICATION METHODS USED BY THE DEAF IN NIGERIA
¡Seeing Essential English (SEE1): it is a communication method that involves adding morphologies,
suffices, and prefixes in a signed word. Examples: (1). I am going to school. (2). My teacher has
gone home. (3). He comes here every week. (4). There is a mis-under-stand-ing among them.
¡Signing Exact English (SEE2): It is a form of SEE1, but compound words are signed as a unitary
word, example: (1). His birth-day is next week.
¡Sign Supported Speech (SSS)/Simultaneous communication (simcom): speaking as you sign the
equivalent of every spoken word you made.

COMMUNICATION METHODS CONTD:
¡Contact Signs: this is called “universal sign language” in the Czech Republic. It is the form of
sign communication used when people from different sign language communities meet.
¡Pidgin Signed English (PSE): this is an English worded sign that is tinged with locally made
signs.
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                          DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
¡Can there be communication without language?
¡What ways do you think will be best in helping a deaf child learn language?

                                     7 MINUTES BREAK.



                            ASL CONVERSATIONAL SKILL



                       MALE AND FEMALE SIGN LOCATIONS
Male sign location
Female sign placement

                                    FAMILY RELATIONSHIP
¡Father                                     Mother
Parent                          Child/children
¡Brother                                   Sister
Boy                               Girl
¡Man                                         Woman
Husband                         Wife
¡Son                                         Daughter                      Grand
Father                  Grand Mother
¡Born                                        Baby
Sex                                Dating
¡Boyfriend                                 Girlfriend
Married                         Divorced/Separated
¡Uncle                                       Aunt
Nephew                         Niece
¡Cousin                                     In-Law
Love                              Hate
¡Friend                                      Old
Young                            Single
¡Couple                                     Sweetheart                    Step
Father                    Step Mother