Beautiful message from Modiegi to wrap up the week.
“We want Deaf people to participate in hearing society, but we also want hearing people to learn about who we are as a community. We have to build a bridge and let the two streams mix into one river.”
Stories about the Deaf community have recently become more prominent in popular culture and media which, according to Master’s graduate Modiegi Njeyiyana, “ … is a very good thing”. Njeyiyana teaches South African Sign Language Acquisition to first years in the Department of General Linguistics at SU and received a Master’s in Linguistics during the April graduation cycle. “We want Deaf people to participate in hearing society, but we also want hearing people to learn about who we are as a community. We have to build a bridge and let the two streams mix into one river,” she says.https://bit.ly/3r82Q9y
Stories oor die Dowe gemeenskap het die afgelope tyd al hoe meer in die populêre kultuur en media begin uitstaan. Dit is ‘n baie goeie ding, sê Modiegi Njeyiyana, ‘n Dowe dosent aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) wat pas haar meestersgraad in Taalwetenskap tydens die US se April-gradeplegtighede ontvang het. “Ons wil hê Dowe mense moet aan die horende samelewing deelneem, maar ons wil ook hê mense wat kan hoor, moet meer leer oor wie ons as ‘n gemeenskap is. Ons moet ‘n brug bou en toelaat dat die twee strome inmekaar vloei.” Njeyiyana gee vir die eerstejaars in die US se Departement Algemene Wetenskap klas oor Suid-Afrikaanse Gebaretaal-verwering. https://bit.ly/3LMggQw
