Jeonnam-Gwangju Seo-gu Sign Language Students Use What They Learned in Sports with Deaf Participants

'A Sports Day for Sign Language for Everyone' Concludes Successfully
More than 70 Participate... Meaningful Communication Through Sign Language

A chance was created for sign language students to take part in athletic events alongside deaf participants and use the sign language they had learned. They continued their learning by conversing using expressions practiced in class and observing the other person's facial expressions and gestures.

According to Seo-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City, more than 70 people, including deaf and hearing participants and volunteers, took part in “A Sports Day for Sign Language for Everyone,” held at Deulbul Hall in the Seo-gu Office on the 17th.

Participants formed teams and took part in cooperative athletic events and recreational activities. Sign language students communicated directly with deaf participants using sign language, and during breaks they also took photos at a photo zone and exchanged greetings.

Seo-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City, held “Sign Language Sports Day for All of Us” at Deulbul Hall in the Seo-gu Office on the 17th, with about 70 deaf and hearing participants and volunteers. Provided by Seo-gu, Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City.

Participants shared positive comments, including, “It was meaningful to communicate using sign language ourselves,” and “It gave us a chance to exercise and laugh together and understand one another.”

The event, held under the theme “There Is No Sound, but There Is Plenty of Laughter,” was organized by the Seo-gu Branch of the Gwangju Metropolitan City Chapter of the Korea Association of the Deaf, with the support of the Disability Subcommittee of the Seo-gu Community Security Council.

Since 2023, Seo-gu has provided sign language education to workers at social welfare facilities and others, taught by native sign language instructors who are deaf.

Seo-gu Mayor Kim Igang said, “We will expand opportunities for people with and without disabilities to meet in their daily lives, communicate, and understand one another.”

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