La Castellana, Negros Occidental. - To deal with the culture and difficulties of virtual communication, a Filipino Sign Language workshop was launched by the University of St. La Salle College of Arts and Sciences with the Communication Department, via Zoom, on Friday 23 October 2020. The event was called Senyas Sanay. According to Mr. Hector Gloria, director of Center for Marketing and Communications in USLS and one of the organizers of Senyas Sanay, the workshop was initiated to find ways to communicate better in the digital arena. "We are exploring creative ways to communicate better, in the online environment where connectivity is a concern, instead of just using one mode of communication, i.e. verbal, we are incorporating sign language to enhance the learning experience", Gloria said in an exclusive interview with TCI. John Baliza, a news interpreter for media networks such as GMA and ABS-CBN, and Bernadette Infanta, a deaf facilitator from the School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies of De La Salle-College of St. Benilde, were the resource persons of the workshop. Baliza and Infanta taught the audience basic Filipino Sign Languages that can be used during online communication, specifically the Filipino alphabet and some basic greetings. Dr. Jade Snow Dionzon, the Communication Department Chairperson of the university, shared the objectives of the said workshop in a written interview with TCI. "To provide an alternative language for virtual use and second is to support the campaign of DLS College of St. Benilde School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies to promote a Filipino Sign Language Learning Program which encourages the general public to learn to communicate using sign language which integrates visual-gestural strategies with community interaction so as allow the physically challenged to navigate easier in our community", Dionzon said. Furthermore, the workshop will be released as instructional video material with subtitles and will be shared for USLS faculty and students' use.
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