手話発表

Sushma & Pranati.

Act 1: Greeting.

Both people greet the public in sign language. S&P: 皆

様、おはようございます/こんにちは

P:私は Arun Pranati

S: 私は Pawar Sushma

S&P: です。どうぞよろしく、お願いします.

Act 2: Starting. Scenes play, forested background with

sounds and welcome; sounds fade out softly until
silence appears and then “いらっしゃいませ” is displayed.
Exeunt; next scene plays.

Act 3: Basic information.

S: Sign language is the language used by the deaf and
mute. Literally meaning ‘hand speech’; they shape their
hands into many different gestures to speak instead of
their voice. While it mostly consists of gestures; facial
expressions are also important in conversation.

Act 4: History.
Mythology
P: According to the origins of Japan, Izanami & Izanagi
no mikoto’s first child, Ebisu, was born without bones
and abnormally large ears, yet he couldn’t hear. In spite
of many attempts to heal and cure him; they all failed,
so he was left out to sea until a passing fisherman
adopted him, and he is now regarded as the God of
Fishermen.

Actual History.
Before the Meiji/Edo* (citation needed) period, life and
information about the deaf people was unknown, until
1868 when future prime minister Ito Hirobumi along
with politicians Kaoru Inoue & Yozo Yamao were sent
to Europe to understand their ways of life. Yamao, on
seeing deaf girls communicate via sign language in a
factory, researched more about it in UK, and the first
school for the deaf was built in Kyoto. (Kyoto Mouain
Gakkou), building it along with their founder,
Furukawa Tashiro.

Furukawa Tashiro
One of the first activists for deaf people, Furukawa was
the first teacher for deaf children in the history of Japan.
He taught them reading, writing and even speaking and
invented the finger-spelling method for the Japanese
language, which later was developed into the modern
finger spelling method.

Act 5: LINGUISTICS
Scene 1:
(Visual flowchart depicting the styles and speech
patterns of sign language; exeunt.)
s/p: Sign language has the following aspects:

1) Nihon Shuwa= Standard Japanese sign language.

The most acceptable form is the Tokyo dialect, and
isn’t taught in schools. Some deaf folks think of it as
 a language distinct from Japanese. Eg: I like you
(presented in Shuwa)

2) Taiou Shuwa: People speak and sign

simultaneously. The exact same word order in
Japanese is used, thus is considered as a Japanese
language instead. This was not taught in schools
until 2002. Eg: I like you (Spoken and signed)

3) Chuukan Shuwa: Also known as pidgin dialect, it is

when people fashion the way. Eg: I like you
(Spoken and signed)

Speaking aspects:
1) Fingerspelling: Modern fingerspelling is based on
Furukawa’s invention; this involves contorting the
hands and fingers into different shapes to spell out
a single letter/mora. This is the sign language
alphabet and is the first thing taught to learners. For
sequential voicing, we sign downwards, upwards
for voiceless consonants, and (Visual of
fingerspelling chart); (visual example.
 2) Lip reading: Watching others talk and their mouth
movements; then imitating and voicing accordingly.
This was a predominant method of teaching in the
past; and is also done by hearing infants while
learning how to speak. (Visual example)

3) Air writing: Drawing kanji in the air. This is also

used by learners of Japanese language. (visual
example)

Act 6: Problems
ACT 6: Problems