04 SIGN LANGUAGE

04--SIGN LANGUAGE     

LONG AGO, A GROUP OF DEAF PEOPLE INPARIS,FRANCE,DEVELOPED THEIR OWN SIGN LANGUAGE. THEN, IN 1755, A TEACHER WHO COULD HEAR,ABBÉ CHARLES MICHEL DE L’EPÉE, LEARNED THESE SIGNS ANDADDED NEW ONES TO FORM A STANDARD SIGN LANGUAGE OF FRENCH. NOW HEARING ANDNON-HEARING PEOPLE COULD COMMUNICATE! MANY OF THE FRENCH SIGNS FROM LONG AGOARE STILL USED TODAY