Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Absehen

English translation:

lipreading (or, more antiquated: lip-reading) / speech reading

Added to glossary by Steffen Walter
Feb 19, 2007 18:01
17 yrs ago
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German term

Absehen

German to English Social Sciences Education / Pedagogy Gehörlose (deaf)
Hallo,
ein Zeugnis einer Gehörlosenschule. Dort wird in Deutsch neben dem Sprachverständnis, schreiben, lesen, etc.

auch das "Absehen" beurteilt.

Nehme an, an den Lippenbewegungen das Wort zu erkennen, weil die Schüler ja gehörlos sind, also ohne Gebärdensprache.

vielen Dank!
Proposed translations (English)
5 +2 lipreading (or, more antiquated: lip-reading)
4 read lips
Change log

Feb 19, 2007 18:39: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "hier: absehen" to "Absehen"

Proposed translations

+2
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German term (edited): hier: absehen
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lipreading (or, more antiquated: lip-reading)

This is a standard and widely-used term, not slang.

Both US and UK.
Example sentence:

They teach lipreading in addition to signing (or sign language)

Peer comment(s):

agree Petra Raspel (X)
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agree Kim Metzger : Or speech reading http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lippenlesen
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German term (edited): hier: absehen

read lips

Lipreading (or Speechreading)However, not everyone with hearing loss can learn to read lips, as some hearing people may think. Many deaf people are not able to learn how to make sense ...
deafness.about.com/cs/communication/a/lipreading.htm
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