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Cued Speech SAHistory of Cued Speech in South Africa Cued Speech in South Africa is in its infancy compared to the USA and UK where it has been in use for many decades. The late Dr Cornett was keen to have the system accesible in as many languages as possible, and, many years back, worked with Dr Hamilton from Worcester in the Cape on a draft Cued Speech version for Afrikaans speakers. These were still early years in the development of Cued Speech and it was not introduced at that time, for a variety of reasons into SA. This rough draft was based on US English model. Sporadic efforts were made by individuals in South Africa over the years to use Cued Speech, but, until even a few years ago only a limited number of educationists had even heard of it. Fortunately Cued Speech in South Africa, is making up for lost ground, with a growing number of teachers and speech therapists using it on a daily basis. Cued Speech South Africa was founded in 2007, with main objective of promoting the use of Cued Speech in South Africa. It is a voluntary association and is based near the KZN midlands village of Mid Illovo, approximately 60 km from Pietermaritzburg and 90 km from Durban. As SA English is closer to UK English than US English, CSSA promotes SA Cued English based on this model. Efforts are in progress to make Afrikaans and Zulu versions of Cued Speech available once all research and checks have been completed. We are working towards establishing forums where the other official languages of SA may also be introduced in Cued Speech. However there is still much work to be done in this regard.
Kwa Thintwa School for the Deaf at Inchanga KZN was the first school in South Africa to use Cued speech in its Foundation phase as an educational tool in conjunction with the THRASS phonics programme in 2006.
Making Cued Speech history in SA , Sibongile Dlamini is one of the first teachers trained in South Africa to use Cued Speech in the classroom. She teaches Grade 1 at KTS and is a board member of Cued Speech SA
Cued Speech SA provides information, training and support to those wishing to learn Cued speech . Enquiries can be made directly to CSSA The e-mail address being lynettecues@cuedspeech.co.za Foundation & Refresher Courses are held at Camp Shebaniah
Courses in other provinces or neighbouring countries can be arranged should the need arise.
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