At the beginning of 2010,
A Deaf boy accidentally saw a hearing man holding a sign language textbook to learn on bus,
he got touched, leaving his contact information for that hearing man,
After discussing with his classmate, he decided to teach the public sign language for free
by setting up a study group on Douban.
In this manner,
"Learn Chinese-Shanghai Sign Language Together" group was estblished
with the deaf as teachers and hearing signers as assistants.
This is,
The story of iSigner Sign Language Culture Center.
With the passage of ten years,
We are still on the road.
Which has engaged itself in the sign language teaching for ten years,
And committed to popularization of practical sign language for effective communication.
By means of cultural media,
Which better promotes sign language learning and its dissemination.
Which combines - multiple sign language dictionaries and learning systems into one,
To advance sign language learning.
Our team has more than ten years of sign language teaching and research experience, undertaken public welfare for many years.
Also abundant practical experience in dictionary compilation, creative arts, film and television, marketing, and project management.
One of founders of "Learn Chinese-Shanghai Sign Language Together" , the predecessor of iSigner Sign Language Culture Center, has over one decade of experience in different fields such as advertising design, media, photography, planning and entrepreneurship.
Master of Fine Arts, Wuhan University of Technology
She has devoted herself to overall brand design, marketing and project management for many years. When she was a teenager, she fully benefited from Singapore's enrollment policy for Deaf and perfect accessibility packages, understood the necessity of Deaf-Hearing integration, and the social situation of Deaf people and practical ways to improve it.
Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, Fudan University
Master in TESOL, University of Edinburgh, UK
He has ten years of experience in language teaching and dictionary compilation, Ten years of working experience in sign language research, and has worked in British National Sign Language Corpus.
