Filipino Sign Language classes at the UP College of Education (Complete Details)
Beginning 2013, several readers of Special Education Philippines contacted me via an old post of classes for Filipino Sign Language. One reader said that she finds Filipino Sign Language easier than American Sign Language. Personally, I want to learn to sign myself. So to answer your requests here are the sign language courses that will open at UP Diliman, College of Education in Quezon City.
Three sign language courses will be offered at UP Diliman College of Education beginning February 2013:
1) Filipino Sign Language Conversation 1 – Learn basic survival signs in FSL. No prerequisite.
Number of sessions: 10 meetings
Schedule: Section 1 Mondays 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Section 2 Saturdays 9:00 – 11:00 am
Fee: Php 1500.00 (A minimum enrollment of 5 students is needed to offer the class)
2) Sign Language for Teachers 1 – Learn Basic vocabulary for teaching children from preschool to first grade.
Pre-/Co-requisite: Filipino Sign Language Conversation 1
Number of sessions: 10 meetings
Schedule: Section 1 Saturday 11:30 – 2:00 pm
Section 2 Saturday 2:30 – 5 pm
Fee: Php 2,000.00 (A minimum enrollment of 5 students is needed to offer the class)
3) Sign Language for Teachers 2 – More vocabulary for teaching children from preschool to first grade
Number of sessions: 10 meetings
Pre-requisite: Sign Language for Teachers 1
Schedule: Mondays 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Fee: Php 2,000.00 (A minimum enrollment of 5 students is needed to offer the class)
How to pre-register to the FSL class at UP Diliman?
Please pre-register at http://bit.ly/UP_EDUK_SL
Filipino Sign Language Class Contact Details:
For inquiries, please email therese.bustos@gmail.com or text 09178664789.
Addendum: If you are looking for other Sign Language Schools here in Metro Manila, one of Special Education Philippines readers interested in sign language suggested that you can also check out the Philippine School for the Deaf in Pasay City. They are also offering Basic and Advance Sign Language Courses. Sign Language classes are held every Saturday for 10 sessions from 8 am to 12 noon.
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I thought that sign languages are universal gestures that can be understood worldwide. So does this post mean that they have different languages depending on the country? The Chinese have their own, the Thai have their own, etc.? Oh, I didn’t know that.
Hello Rochkirstin,
Yes changes in sign language can differ per country. Here in the Philippines the commonly learned sign languages are ASL (American sign language) and FSL (Filipino Sign languages) but the signs can also differ in other provinces. Just like any other language it evolves and modifies depending on the need of the users.
I have the book sign language, I thought I’d be able to learn it on my own.. but without practice it’s of no use! Enjoy learning everyone!
Hey this is awesome!
I see a lot of sign-language conversations at Taft Avenue since De La Salle – College of St. Benilde offers a similar course for those who need or wish to learn it 
Great event to attend to, especially for educators. Thanks for sharing the details in here, many will find it beneficial for sure.
This post is very useful for teachers or parents who want to learn the sign language. I would like to commend whoever organizes this because aside from education benefits, the payment is affordable. So lucky to have these kind of sessions. I hope I can catch up some sessions focusing on sign languages and the like. Keep posting, Ma’am Ia.
It seems that I want to shift course for my masteral degree, I want to learn SPED. It is good to know that Filipino sign language is easy to learn, this will not add complication for our deaf and mute students.
I also took up sign language in line with my work, but I never really had opportunity to use it and like all other languages, I have forgotten it already, too bad. Just like the German I took for a year, and the Spanish for two years.
How about UP Cebu? Do they offer the same? I studied one time this online but forgot it already.
Hello Earl,
Currently the information I have for FSL classes are from UP Diliman only.
I really am interested and fond of sign language. Sometimes I want to watch group of people communicating with it. They are amazing.
Sayang! Ang layo naman nito saamin. Para maturuan din ng basic ang kaparid ko.
Sign Language is important, but it needs constant practice, with our busy world, I may have no time. But great opportunity for those who are willing
If I have time I will enroll on this seminars. This is an interesting language for me and my business model for this is hapee toothpaste. My dream is to have staff that belong to this differently abled group.
Didn’t know sign languages also differs in other countries.. I’ve always wanted to learn how to do sign languages.. This looks like a great course to attend
I am fascinated with sign language, maybe one of these days I will take a class too. I always thought that sign language was universal, I didn’t think that there is a Filipino version. How different is the Filipino from the American version?
i’m very interested. I hope you have an schedule for April.