iExperience-NZSL

Introducing NZSL with our learners

Roshan and I collaborated to create a design for NZSL.
NZSL Week 1&2 Design
NZSL Week 3&4 Design
NZSL progressions

Unit 1 – HELLO Hello!-video

What went well
It was a wonderful learning experience for me to learn about NZSL for myself. It gave me an opportunity to refresh my learning and teach our learners. We talked about how to include NZSL learners in our day to day life like during play time. We wondered how to get their attention and we tried different strategies like shouting, singing and waving at them. Finally, we figured it out that we have to look at their eyes before we want to have a conversation with them. Our learners are getting good at getting their attention by going in front of them and waving to them and saying 'Hello". We have started introducing NZSL during our phonics lesson to learn the fingerspelling alphabets. Most of the learners are getting better at it.

Challenges
We tried to work with our buddies to ask questions, but still they are not very confident and fluent to sign with their buddies. It was a challenge for some of the learners not to talk and sign only. It was fun to watch them making up their own sign and tried to convey their messages with their buddies.

What Next
I will try to include NZSL through out programme so that we get familiarise with our signs and confident to sign in front of other learners. May be we could visit KDEC and watch how they are interacting with each other.