Botswana

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[http://www.deaftoday.com/news/2003/03/facility_to_con.html Facility to contribute towards children's development]

Revision as of 14:40, 14 July 2011

Basic information of the country/area
Name of the country/area Botswana
Formal name of the country/area Republic of Botswana
Country/area information The World Factbook (CIA)
Wikipedia (English)


Contents

Indigenous signs for "Botswana"

Illustrations in the literature

"Botswana" (In: Japanese Federation of the Deaf ed. Supervisor: Hedberg, Tomas. 2003. Country name-signs. Helsinki, Finland: World Federation of the Deaf. 101.)


Spoken languages

English

Tswana


Sign languages

Related sign languages:

American Sign Language

Danish Sign Language

German Sign Language


Population of Deaf/deaf people

Legal status of sign languages

Organizations and associations of the Deaf/deaf

Botswana National Association of the Deaf (BAOD) (WFD member; established in 2002. (WFD. 2008. Global Survey Report. : See Bibliography below.))


Institutes, associations and universities for sign language studies

Education for the deaf

Deaf communities and cultures

Religious activities by the Deaf

Famous Deaf persons and hearing persons concerned with sign languages

Sign language dictionaries

Bibliography

World Federation of the Deaf and Swedish National Association of the Deaf. 2008. Global Survey Report. WFD Regional Secretariat for Southern and Eastern Africa (WFD RSESA). Global Education Pre-Planning Project on the Human Rights of Deaf People. World Federation of the Deaf. Finland.

Omphile. G 1995. Science achievement of hearing impaired children as compared to normal hearing children in Botswana primary schools. Unpublished. Master of Education dissertation., University of Botswana.

Jump, Stephen and Michael A. Peart. 1991. Development of a low cost hearing aid (for use in Botswana and other African countries). In: Hearing Aids: Their Production, Delivery Systems and Effective use.London: Royal National Institute of the Deaf. 41–47.


Researchers

History of sign language research

Events

Links

Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world: Botswana

First deaf students join Maun SSS

Teachers happy with deaf students performance

Education dumps deaf student

Facility to contribute towards children's development


Notes

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