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TEACHER

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This Sign is Used to Say (Sign Synonyms)

• EDUCATOR
• FACULTY
• INSTRUCTOR
• PROFESSOR
• TEACHER

Examples of Usage

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Ella Mae Lentz is a Deaf American teacher, poet, advocate, and author.

ASL Gloss

E-L-L-A M-A-E L-E-N-T-Z HERSELF DEAF AMERICAN TEACHER POET ADVOCATE AUTHOR.

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Andrew Foster was a famous Deaf African American who was a reverend, educator, and missionary. He established the first school for the deaf in Africa.

ASL Gloss

A-N-D-R-E-W F-O-S-T-E-R HIMSELF FAMOUS DEAF BLACK MINISTER TEACHER MISSIONARY. HE SETUP FIRST DEAF SCHOOL WHERE? AFRICA.

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Is your teacher deaf or hearing?

ASL Gloss

YOUR TEACHER DEAF HEARING WHICH?

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My teacher is hearing, but is a CODA.

ASL Gloss

MY TEACHER HEARING BUT HERSELF CODA.

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My teacher is hard of hearing.

ASL Gloss

MY TEACHER HARD-OF-HEARING.

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Our teacher requires me to be early to class.

ASL Gloss

CLASS ARRIVE EARLY MY TEACHER REQUIRES.

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My teacher is deaf.

ASL Gloss

MY TEACHER DEAF.

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Roy Holcomb was a deaf teacher who coined the term total communication.

ASL Gloss

R-O-Y H-O-L-C-O-M-B HE DEAF TEACHER INVENTED TERM T-O-T-A-L C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-I-O-N TOTAL COMMUNICATION.

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The teacher has a loud voice.

ASL Gloss

TEACHER HIS VOICE LOUD.

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I'm a teacher.

ASL Gloss

TEACHER ME.

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Thomas H. Gallaudet was a minister, educator, and co-founded the first school for the deaf called the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut. Gallaudet University was named in honor of him in 1894.

ASL Gloss

T-H-O-M-A-S H. G-A-L-L-A-U-D-E-T HIMSELF MINISTER TEACHER HE CO- FOUNDED FIRST RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL U-S CALLED AMERICAN SCHOOL DEAF A-S-D WHERE? HARTFORD C-O-N-N. YEAR 1894 GALLAUDET COLLEGE NAMED AFTER HIM.

Sign Variations for this Word

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• Variation 4 - Fingerspelled

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