SLED - Vision & Aims in SASL

Описание: SLED (Sign Language Education and Development- Non-Profit Organisation) - Aims of the organisation, explained in South African Sign Language. SLED's vision is to see all of South Africa's Deaf children achieving their full potential.


SLED's main objective is to facilitate the Deaf child's equal & democratic right to literacy & learning through the promotion of South African Sign Language.


SLED's aims are to:
• Promote South African Sign Language (SASL) as a language of learning and teaching (LOLT)
• Ensure that SASL is recognised and respected as one of the Language Learning Areas in the curricula for basic and higher education in South Africa.
• Provide nationally accredited training to teachers of Deaf learners in SASL skills and appropriate teaching skills
• Facilitate the natural acquisition of South African Sign Language literacy by Deaf learners
• Encourage the development of written literacy skills by utilising SASL literacy skills of Deaf learners
• Produce high quality SASL/English learning and teaching materials
• Empower Deaf adults to work in educational settings as educators, specialists, mentors, facilitators, and teaching assistants
• Promote early intervention for young Deaf children, their families and their caregivers