COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Bachelor of Special Needs Education

Activity/Assignment No.

Name: Ronna Dalle C. Porte

Subject Title: Sign Language 1
Subject Code: SINLAN1

QUESTIONS:

Make a research on the status of the types of sign language being used in the educational
setting in the Philippines.

ANSWER/ EXPLANATION/INSIGHTS/ REACTIONS

According to the Filipino Sign Language (FSL) Act, which was signed into law in 2018,
FSL is declared as the national sign language and mandated to be used in all Philippine
schools, government offices, workplaces, and broadcast media as a means to provide
deaf Filipinos access to opportunities 1. The Benilde School of Deaf Education and
Applied Studies (SDEAS) is one of the leading Deaf education institutions in the
Philippines that offers a Filipino Sign Language Learning Program 1.
However, hearing teachers have struggled to effectively learn FSL and communicate
with their students due to the lack of curriculum or dictionary 2.

Filipino Sign Language was recognized as an official language in the Philippines in 2018,
but because there was no curriculum or dictionary, hearing teachers struggled to
effectively learn the language and communicate with their students.

There are many Filipino deaf role models fluent in Filipino Sign Language, like Justine,
who work tirelessly to build deaf Filipino students’ language skills. These deaf adults face
barriers in the professional certification process, so they work hard to find other ways to
make an impact by volunteering their time in schools and with families.

Engineering students' efforts to provide the deaf population with a "voice" were
applauded by a special education teacher; nonetheless, the teacher felt that more could
be done by those who are able to communicate with those who are mute
For the deaf population, a pair of gloves with technology that translates Filipino Sign
Language (FSL) into audible speech is showing promise. Does it, however, address all the
subtleties that those with hearing impairments wish to convey?

The 26-year-old special education (SPED) teacher Curt Marvin Cruz applauded the efforts
of five Camarines Sur engineering students working on this kind of invention, but he still
hopes to know the answer.

https://medium.com/usaid-2030/signs-of-inclusion-5d78d91bce51

https://www.onenews.ph/articles/sped-teacher-believes-more-filipinos-should-study-sign-
language-as-students-create-talking-gloves-for-the-deaf