THIRD LESSON.

  In this lesson we will learn some new alphabetic characters and their place in the body, we will also learn how to write our first short sentences.

VISUAL DISCRIMINATION

As well as auditory discrimination is the ability that the listener has to recognize and distinguish differences in frequencies, timbre between sounds, intensity, phonemes, phrases or identical words, and it is also a basic ability for the acquisition of oral language and literacy.

   Visual discrimination is also essential for learning to read. This visual ability helps the person to recognize the similarities and differences in shapes, colors and position of objects, people and printed materials, and to notice the coincidences between them.

   Visual discrimination ability allows the Deaf person to pay attention to details and appreciate slight differences between similar objects and images.

   They are also important and necessary to distinguish the numerous signs that make up the written language and to be able to recognize the distinctive characteristics of each symbol.

   Deaf people must be able to, and can, distinguish between different types of letters or alphabetic characters in order to read and write the words in this sign writing manual correctly, without experiencing frustration.

BODY ALPHABETIC CHARACTERS

   Continuing with our study of written sign language, we have to learn by heart, more groups of alphabetic characters and their place in the body that will serve as a tool to write and read sign language without any difficulty.

You will find that these alphabetic characters are easy for you because of the obvious differences between them that make it easy to understand.

   Learning and memorizing the place of these alphabetic characters is very easy if you pay attention to the fact that they simply change their position, look at the following drawing and practice their place.