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Direct linkAna Tamayo; Marta Iravedra – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2025
This article argues in favour of higher education studies in sign language (SL) related disciplines, more specifically, sign language interpreting and translation (SLIT) -- focusing on the Spanish, and Basque, academic situation and societal needs. Firstly, we offer an overview of higher education SL teaching and SLIT training in Europe and Spain.…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Deaf Interpreting, Translation, Spanish
Gil Prieto, Anna – Deafness & Education International, 2022
In 2002, the Brazilian deaf communities' struggles against academic failure and deaf student dropout won a linguistic policy: the LIBRAS Federal Law. This official law, regulated by Decree N.5626 in 2005, recognises LIBRAS as a national language and requires inclusive educational practices in a bilingual model in order to promote meaningful…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sign Language, Second Language Learning, Preschool Children
Thoutenhoofd, Ernst D.; Lyngbäck, Liz Adams – Sign Language Studies, 2023
In 1981, Sweden was the first country in the world to entitle deaf pupils to a bimodal-bilingual education. However, drawing from interviews with key past Stockholm teacher trainers and on our own efforts to update teacher training, we note that sign-bilingual teacher training in Sweden has been ad hoc to this day. The interviewees' accounts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingualism, Sign Language, Teacher Education Programs
Download full textPistav Akmese, Pelin; Kayhan, Nilay – South African Journal of Education, 2023
Pre-school education is significant in the education of deaf children. The pre-school teacher is a gateway to realising the inclusion of deaf children in schools. In this study we investigated prospective pre-school teachers' opinions and thoughts about sign language in deaf children's education. In this descriptive study we employed the…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Preschool Education, Deafness, Preschool Teachers
