Use stamps to learn sign language

Singapore has just launched a new set of stamps to teach people sign language phrases. What a great way to learn!

You can also learn to sign properly and be of service to the hearing impaired!

Have fun talking with your hands!

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Talk with your hands, not with your mouth

Language is all about communication. Language may not always take the form of oral communication, but we do find that we talk faster than we can read. So, can your hands move faster than you can talk?

Deaf and hearing-impaired people are a special breed. They talk with their hands, often accompanied by facial expressions. They can't hear, but they are very expressive when they communicate. It is quite fun to watch them "talking" to each other, but I stop myself quickly because I'm eavesdropping, even though I don't understand a word!

There are many kinds of Sign Language: American, British, etc. I was told by a deaf person that the deaf don't have a problem understand another form of Sign Language. It's the hearing who get confused! Somehow the deaf can understand each other across the "language divide" quite well.

Why not learn Sign Language today? It will open up a whole new world and culture. You can also help the hearing-impaired with their studies in school. Learn something and bless someone with your new-found skills!

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What's your "heart language"?

Language is a funny thing. We use it to communicate, whether orally or in written form. We learn language from the day we are born, by hearing the sounds made by those around us - parents, siblings, grandparents, caregivers, etc. As we grow older, we learn to use the language properly, or even learn a new language in school. Even the hearing impaired have their own language, called Sign Language.

As much as we use language to communicate head to head, what speaks to the inner depths of our beings is the "heart language", the language we spoke at home, not the language we use with the outside world for business.

Speak to the heart is an excellent explanation of how excited one can get over a language. This is where the key to touching a life lies. "Heart language" is not "language of the heart". By the latter, we mean "love" and "affection". The former is a complete language that makes us alive when we hear it spoken, even by perfect strangers.

What's my heart language? I don't know anymore. It used to be English, my first language. But now that I can speak 4 other languages, any one of those makes my heart come alive too! English is just the language I'm most fluent in, I guess.

Whether you speak only 1 language or multiple languages, you will always find satisfaction in learning a new language. Let's go multi-lingual today!

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