Osaka baseball team Bickies.
Most of the directors, coaches and children are deaf and all communicate in sign language.
There is a girl who has found confidence by meeting this team, which is rare even in Japan.
(Osaka Broadcasting Station Director Yuto Takagi)
"Hearing strange!"
Emina Nishida, a member of Bickies, is 10 years old.
She is deaf and wears hearing aids.
She can have a conversation with Sakina wearing her hearing aid.
However, they do not hear in the same way as non-deaf listeners.
For example, when I go to school, I go to school, and when my
mother tells me to go to school, I put
a lot of emphasis on going to school.
It is difficult to hear the sa line, and it seems that he has a hard time matching the sound he hears with his pronunciation.
There are also particles such as "teni wo wa" and unfamiliar words that "can be heard" but "cannot be heard".
I like to move my body and have learned swimming and dancing, but sometimes I can't follow the teacher's instructions.
At times like that, I anxiously looked around and adjusted to the children who could hear.
It is said that there were many times when he could not express his thoughts and ideas because he did not have confidence.
"I can't hear you
!"
"I don't know!"
Encounter with Bickies
Sakina was unable to enjoy her lessons from the bottom of her heart.
She met Vickies about a year ago.
Most of the directors, coaches and children are deaf and all communicate in sign language.
When he went to visit with a friend's introduction, on the way home, he came to like Vickies so much that he begged his mother, "Buy me a glove!"
You don't have to worry about whether you can hear yourself properly.
I can tell my thoughts to the director and my friends.
Bickies was a place where Sakina could feel safe.
Ms. Mirae, Sakina's mother,
"If I can't hear the teacher's instructions, I always have to look at what's going on around me and act one step behind. That anxiety and frustration is what I feel at Vickies. I don't, so I think it's fun."
Once upon a time, the director had the same experience
Bickies is directed by Kyoji Hayakawa, who is also deaf.
He became a manager about a year and a half ago and teaches baseball in sign language.
Hayakawa had a similar experience as Sakina.
Mr. Hayakawa started playing baseball at a school for the deaf, but the coach at the time could not use sign language, so it was difficult to understand what he was saying.
I also felt frustrated because I couldn't say what I wanted to say because I couldn't use sign language.
However, when I joined the deaf baseball team after graduation, I was able to communicate using sign language.
He says that communication between the manager and his teammates has become smoother, and he has become able to enjoy baseball even more.
In 2000, he participated in the world tournament as a member of Japan's deaf baseball team, and continues to play baseball to this day.
Ms. Hayakawa:
“Sign language really feels good. I can concentrate on baseball.
think and talk in sign language
Before aiming to win the game, I want you to enjoy baseball first.
For that reason, sign language is indispensable.
Since Mr. Hayakawa became the director, the number of members of Bickies has increased from 4 to 16.
Ms. Hayakawa places importance on encouraging children to think for themselves and discuss their ideas.
For example, even if the goal is to hit the ball far, we won't teach you how to hit it far at first.
After having the children practice on their own, Mr. Hayakawa asks everyone questions in sign language.
"I 'll
explain what I thought after seeing how everyone was doing. Do you know how to make it fly far?"
"If you roll the ball, it will go farther"
Because there is a sign language
that says, "If you hit it in this area, it will fly farther ."
Because there is sign language, I can convey my thoughts.
Children grow up in their own way by repeating “experiences to understand” and “experiences to convey”.
confident
After joining the Vickies, you can see changes in Sakina-san.
She started communicating proactively on her own, and recently she has been teaching other members more and more.
Ms. Mirae, Sakina's mother,
"Teaching you how to play baseball means that you're gaining confidence
. "
When she gets home, she doesn't leave her mom to take care of her gloves, she does it herself.
After kneading the glove well with your hands to soften it, it seems that you will wrap your favorite hair band.
Furthermore, I recently started teaching my younger brother, Yudai, how to play catch, which I'm good at.
The orientation of the glove when catching the ball, the posture, and even the manners of baseball.
He seems to be teaching with confidence.
The ball rolled towards the shooting crew, and I picked it up and gave it to Yuudai-kun...
" I'll say thank you
!"
"Thank you ."
Ms. Sakina (How about
Vickies
?)
"It's fun and easy to understand. There's sign language
.
"
A baseball team that can speak in sign language is also a stage for children to take on new challenges.
A place where you can play using sign language
There are not many places in Japan where children can use sign language to play sports or communicate while playing.
Even people with hearing aids or cochlear implants, which convert sound into electrical signals and transmit them directly to the auditory nerve, cannot easily hear sounds as clearly as hearing people do.
Sign language is an important language for deaf people.
A new sibling of a hearing-impaired child has also joined Vickies, and they enjoy playing baseball while using sign language together.
Towards a society where people with and without hearing impairments can communicate in sign language together.
NHK has a program called "Minna no sign language" where you can enjoy learning sign language from the beginning, and there is also a website called "NHK sign language CG" where you can look up sign language.
Would you like to learn about sign language too?
Click here for NHK sign language CG
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