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What We Do

The Handlab is a South African Sign Language (SASL) material development project based at Stellenbosch University. It is driven by a team of Deaf and hearing individuals who are passionate about empowering Deaf learners in South Africa through literacy and language development.

We create Learning and Teaching Support Material (LTSM) for the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) and we provide this material to schools for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in all nine provinces of the country. Our material consists of video texts of various genres, teaching resources for the SASL as Home Language classroom, and theme-based and subject terminology. 

Learning and Teaching Support
Material (LTSM)

The Handlab Project develops Learning and Teaching Support Material (LTSM) for South African Sign Language (SASL) as a Home Language. Our resources include engaging SASL videos supported by English and Afrikaans teaching guides, translations, comprehension activities, memoranda, sign lists and lesson ideas.

Designed for Grades R–12, the collection covers a variety of genres, including stories, poems, dramas, dialogues, speeches, advertisements and information texts.

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Testimonials

“Many of the Deaf learners’ world or frame of reference is very small and through this material a whole new world is opened to them!”
Intermediate Phase teacher Worcester
There has been a vast improvement in the learners’ vocabulary and this improves their ability to be able to express their feelings and tell of their experiences.
Foundation Phase teacherWynberg
Learners are more confident to express their views and feelings. Their vocabulary is also broadened and at many occasions learners will ask the meaning and the sign of unfamiliar words.
Intermediate Phase teacherWynberg
Having practical examples of SASL text encourages and improves the learners’ creativity, comprehension skills and reading ability, in the same way hearing children are encouraged when they read.
Senior Phase teacherWynberg
The materials save me so much time. Finding suitable material for SASL class is a pain. Before we had the materials, finding something suitable took a lot of time and made me quite anxious because only overseas sign language materials were available.
FET Phase teacherWynberg
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