Overcoming the language barrier

By REBECCA RAJAENDRAM

(From left) Nurul Akmar, sign language interpreter Goh Soo Leng, Nur Saadah and Tengku Arman Harris communicating in BIM on the online course.

NOW, everyone can learn Malaysian Sign Language or Bahasa Isyarat Malaysia (better known by its Malay acronym, BIM).

This is because the Malaysian Federation of the Deaf (MFD) has launched an online version of its Level One BIM course on OpenLearning.

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