Definitions
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- proper noun A
system ofcommunication , includingspeech ,signing , andwriting , intended for use by and with people who havelanguage orlearning difficulties .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Jordan now uses a signing system called Makaton - a version of sign language which is used specifically in schools - to speak to the youngsters.
India eNews 2008
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Headteacher Damien Jordan uses a special sign language called Makaton to communicate with his students who speak 24 different languages
Home | Mail Online 2008
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Headteacher Damien Jordan uses a special sign language called Makaton to communicate with his students who speak 24 different languages
Home | Mail Online 2008
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Jordan now uses a signing system called Makaton - a version of sign language which is used specifically in schools - to speak to the youngsters.
India eNews 2008
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The BBC yesterday denied the blunder — saying they use Makaton signals, which vary from British Sign Language.
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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I only just heard of Makaton - its seems like a nice idea.
He is giving the wrong signals .........? Newmania 2007
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She said that having been on the course staff members felt the use of the sign was a sensitive matter and decided instead to use the Makaton sign for a star.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph John-Paul Ford Rojas 2011
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Staff members had been on a course to learn Makaton sign language - a system used by about 100,000 people in Britain that assists people with communication difficulties and shares many signs with British Sign Language, which is used by deaf people.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph John-Paul Ford Rojas 2011
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Sign language experts said that people who use Makaton or British Sign Language would not misinterpret the meaning as it depends on context.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph John-Paul Ford Rojas 2011
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Lysa Schwartz, chief executive of the Makaton charity which helps people to use the system said: "Makaton sign language when used appropriately is not offensive."
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph John-Paul Ford Rojas 2011
TankHughes commented on the word Makaton
"The name "Makaton" is derived from the first letters of the names of three speech and language therapists who helped devise the programme in the 1970s: the researcher Margaret Walker, and Katharine Johnston and Tony Cornforth, colleagues from the Royal Association for Deaf people.4" - Makaton Wikipedia page.
March 8, 2018