SINGAPORE – In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic back in 2021, I had a brief stint as a safe entry officer during a school break. It was just a convenient way for a teenager to pass the time instead of rotting at home over the semester break.
And while I saw a pandemic-related job as an opportunity to make money during a long break, then 20-year-old polytechnic nursing graduate Serene Yap saw it as a way to give back to the community.
Ms Yap recounted to me an encounter she had with a woman who arrived at the vaccination centre with a note prepared on her phone, informing the staff that she was deaf. The episode, she added, showed her the importance of learning another person's language in order to better communicate with them. After going through all the classes, Ms Yap came back as an instructor to pass on her knowledge to other students.
“At SIGNapse, we provide them with a positive and relaxing platform to learn about sign language. I think that is one of the reasons students are attracted to join our classes and events,” Ms Yap said.During the two-hour lesson, the instructors went through different anatomy-centric terms with the class, showing them how to do each sign and explaining its similarities to other terms with similar hand signs.
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