NZSL

This led to many Deaf people to name language used as "NZSL" instead of "old sign".

Fookem and Bug 2009

I'm commenting from a position of ignorance re sign in particular, but my guess would be that if you want a child to grow up using a full complex language, you expose them to that language as early and often as you can, so go with NZSL.

coffee.geek.nz - Comments 2010

I'd love for Casey to know NZSL from a young age - but my husband doesn't sign, so i'm gonna need to get my sister and mother to visit much more often (hint! hint!)

coffee.geek.nz - Comments 2010

My cursory look at a book in the bookstore didn't really explain much - the signs I saw appear simplified NZSL, but may be based on American SL for all i know.

coffee.geek.nz - Comments 2010

This was an historical moment - after more than 100 years NZSL is now recognised in a school for the Deaf in NZ.

Fookem and Bug 2009

Marianne Collins-Ahlgren of Victoria University of Wellington begins research on NZSL to prove that it is a true language of the Deaf people in NZ.

Fookem and Bug 2009

World Games for the Deaf were held in Christchurch where many Deaf people from around the world were communicating in sign languages that led the Deaf Community in NZ to open up and show their pride in using NZSL.

Fookem and Bug 2009

After being oppressed in education and wider society for over a hundred years, and competing with other inferior systems such as oralism and Signed English (TC), NZSL is now finally recognised as a part of NZ's Culture. compiled with the assistance of Janine Mac Pherson

Fookem and Bug 2009

Victoria University of Wellington has set up a course for Deaf NZSL teachers, in which graduates can get a Certificate in Deaf Studies: Teaching NZSL.

Fookem and Bug 2009

There was some confusion about 'new signs' (TC) and 'old signs '(NZSL) within the Deaf Community.

Fookem and Bug 2009