New Generation Wireless Technologies impact on Educational Environments Case: Utilizing Finnish Sign Language in Interpreter Training

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Koskinen ◽  
T. Laaksonen ◽  
U. Veitonen ◽  
O. Vaananen
Keyword(s):  
Sign Language ◽  
Wireless Technologies ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
Interpreter Training ◽  
New Generation

scholarly journals Interpreting and knowledge mediation in the healthcare setting: What do we really mean by “accuracy”?

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Major ◽  
Jemina Napier
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Sign Language ◽  
Healthcare Setting ◽  
Systematic Comparison ◽  
Dependent Process ◽  
Context Dependent ◽  
Interpreter Training ◽  
Artificial Nature ◽  
The One ◽  
Robust Evidence

This paper explores the concept of “accuracy” in the context of interpreter-mediated healthcare interaction by reporting on a study of simulated doctor-patient consultations involving professional Australian Sign Language (Auslan)/English interpreters. Wadensjö’s (1998) taxonomy of renditions is used to analyse the ways interpreters convey health information. Our data reveals that interpreters frequently produce reduced and expanded renditions that are not detrimental to the message or the interaction. There has previously been little discussion of how qualified interpreters make these decisions, and we suggest that achieving accuracy in the healthcare setting may be a more dynamic and context-dependent process than previously suggested. While the use of role-plays can on the one hand can be considered a delimiting factor (due to their artificial nature), they also allow a systematic comparison of different interpreters, thus providing more robust evidence for healthcare interpreter training.

scholarly journals TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS: FROM TECHNICAL AFFORDANCES TO EDUCATIONAL AFFORDANCES

2018 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicos Valanides
Keyword(s):  
Programming Languages ◽  
Visual Programming ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Robotics Education ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
Programming Tools ◽  
Technological Tools ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
New Generation

Modern technology is transforming in an accelerating rate our physical, economic, cultural and educational environments. The new generation of learners, both adults and students of all ages, is surrounded by a multitude of technological tools, and these tools (computers, robots, software, internet etc.) are used ubiquitously not only in learning environments, but in daily life as well. Today’s children are furthermore characterized as “digital natives” and are clearly distinguished from their teachers and adults who constitute the generation of “digital immigrants” (Prensky, 2001). Visual programming languages, specifically designed for young learners, provide additional programming tools that are integrated in robotics education as well, while additional advances provide support to the idea of following the STEM (Science, Technology and Engineering and Mathematics) approach.

Gender variation in signs of sexual behaviour in Hong Kong Sign Language

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica X. Wei ◽  
Felix Y. B. Sze ◽  
Aaron Y. L. Wong
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Sign Language ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Linguistic Variation ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Gender Variation ◽  
Interpreter Training ◽  
Hong Kong Sign Language

Abstract This paper discusses possible gender variation in the signs of sexual behaviour in Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL). The data comes from a research project that aims at documenting and analyzing sex-related signs in this sign language for the sake of producing materials for sex education and interpreter training programs. Since sex is a highly taboo topic, euphemistic signs for the target concepts were collected and analyzed. This paper presents evidence that linguistic variation of neutral and euphemistic expressions of sex-related concepts exists in HKSL, and that gender plays a role in the choice of some but not all variants and their euphemistic counterparts.

Expressing time through space

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-26
Author(s):  
Anna-Lena Nilsson
Keyword(s):  
Sign Language ◽  
Language Production ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Crucial Aspect ◽  
Body Movements ◽  
Signed Language ◽  
Interpreter Training ◽  
L1 And L2 ◽  
Language Output

Abstract This study describes how temporal discourse content is expressed in signing space in Swedish Sign Language (SSL) and identifies and describes the differences between L1- and L2-interpreters’ signed target language output. The study found that L1-interpreters systematically use complex simultaneous combinations of lexical signs and various hand, arm and body movements on and along time lines. The L2-interpreters stand more still, and their use of body movements differs from that of the L1-interpreters. Though the L2-interpreters in the study often succeed in showing that two or more entities/events are separate, they are less successful in showing the more specific, temporal and/or other, relationship(s) between them. This crucial aspect of idiomatic signed language production, therefore, should be included in interpreter training to improve the quality of interpreted target language output.

Innovative technological advancements to improve cognitive and social skills of students with neurodevelopmental disorders

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 243-253
Author(s):  
Ourania Manta ◽  
Thelma Androutsou ◽  
Athanasios Anastasiou ◽  
Yiannis Koumpouros ◽  
George Matsopoulos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Attention Deficit Disorder ◽  
Neurodevelopmental Disorders ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
High Functioning Autism ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
Primary Years Program ◽  
New Generation

BACKGROUND: A major concern that is being increasingly addressed in modern educational environments is the ability to present equal accessibility opportunities to students with neurodevelopmental conditions and disorders as for typically developing children. OBJECTIVE: The main objective of the paper is to employ innovative technological advancements merged with evidence-based practices in order to teach, improve and generalise social skills for children with neurodevelopmental disorders, specifically children with High Functioning Autism (HFA) as well as children with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). METHODS: The development of a personalized solution adapted to the needs of each student is proposed. The platform will be composed of three main modules (Content Management, Emotional Analysis and Personalization). The target group is students of the Primary Years Program and Middle Years Program. EXPECTED RESULTS: Improved communicational and interactional capability of people with disabilities and facilitate social innovation; more affordable technologies and products that support interactions for people with disabilities, and new generation of services that are highly adaptable and personalisable to individual contexts. CONCLUSIONS: In order to achieve the optimum output/result of the system the procedure need to be implemented and reviewed by all involved parties.

scholarly journals The Formation of the Guide-interpreter to Work with Deafblind People

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 146
Author(s):  
Raffaela De Menezes Lupetina
Keyword(s):  
Sign Language ◽  
Multiple Disabilities ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Training Course ◽  
Interpreter Training

This paper aims to present the main characteristics of the professional who works directly with individuals with acquired deafblindness: the guide-interpreter, in addition, to address the differences between deafblindness and multiple disabilities and explain the characteristics of congenital deafblindness and acquired deafblindness. In this study, a research was conducted with professionals who underwent the guide-interpreter training course in 2016. Fourteen professionals who completed the course participated in the study. In this research, we seek to understand: the profile of individuals who seek and perform the guide-interpreter training course; the main forms of communication used with the deafblinds during the course and whether these newly-trained guide-interpreters have been professionally inserted as a guide-interpreter in the job market. The results contemplate that most of the professionals already work using sign language, but during the training course the form of communication most used with the deafblinds was the extended speech.

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