Makaton
noun[U]
trademarkmainlyUKuk/ˈmæk.ə.tɒn/us/ˈmæk.ə.tɑːn/abrandnamefor asystemofhandandbodymovementsrepresentingwords, used withspeechanddesignedtohelppeoplewho havelearningorcommunicationproblems:
“默启通”手语系统Makaton'scombinationofsigns,gesturesandprintedsymbolsis nowtaughtin manyprimaryschoolstospurthedevelopmentoflanguageinchildren.“默启通”手语系统将标记、手势和印刷符号结合起来，现在很多小学都在教，以刺激儿童的语言发展。
The MakatonvocabularywasdesignedbyspeechtherapistMargaret Walker in the 1970s.“默启通”词汇是语言治疗师玛格丽特 · 沃克在1970年代设计的。
See also
sign language
- He's justpassedanexamin Makaton.
- If you don'tunderstandMakaton, you couldsoonbe in theminority.
- The Makaton Vocabulary wasdevisedas a "languageenablingdevice" forpeoplewithlearningdisabilities.
Language names
- Albanian
- American English
- Amharic
- Angrezi
- Aramaic
- Ebonics
- Filipino
- Finno-Ugric
- Flemish
- Georgian
- Greenlandic
- Gujarati
- Manx
- Mongolian
- Montenegrin
- Nauruan
- Nepalese
- Nepali
- Romany
- Semitic