Hard of hearing! DL makes it easy

Sahina - DL Student

Sahina comes from Indonesia and she has been Deaf all her life. When she was a child she went to a school for the Deaf and learnt Indonesian Sign language.  Her husband is also Deaf.  He graduated with a Bachelor  of Science (Internet Computing) but at the moment works full time at Coles and also sells things on eBay.  They have one beautiful child and live in Western Australia.  They were looking for sign classes for Sahina to learn both Australian Sign language and English.  She was referred to our Navitas Distance Learning office in Perth who tried to find the right teacher for Sahina.  Fortunately we were able to find her just the right teacher from Bankstown college in Sydney.

Ruth - DL Teacher

DL Teacher Ruth is fluent in Auslan (Australian Sign language) and has years of experience teaching English and Sign language to Deaf and Hearing Impaired Students. Her skills have been put to good use as she was able to assist Sahina via Skype.

Ruth says "This is the right program for Sahina and Your Call online covers topics for everyday living.  Through Skype we are able to role play, screen share to show images, use the Skype Chats to write sentences and practise Sign language.  Sahina is really keen and very clever.  She's improving quickly."

Congratulations to both Sahina and Ruth on overcoming the barriers of hearing, distance and language all at once and best wishes to Sahina for a bright future in Australia.

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