SIGN LANGUAGE AND ORAL LANGUAGE UNDERSTOOD AS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ARTICULATING BILINGUAL TEACHING FOR THE DEAF

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: This work is part of the dissertation entitled "Graphic representations of sign language in bilingual didactic materials for the education of deaf children: the paths of the graphic designer". Among the objectives of this research, in which the didactic material is intended for bilingual teaching in which these two linguistic modalities walk together in the teaching-learning process of the deaf child, we seek to understand the nature of oral and sign language since its creation as technologies of communication, expression and intelligence. This study covered the history of sign language and compared the advancement of each language through a timeline.