31.945, Calls: South African Sign Language; Sign Language; Applied Ling, Gen Ling, Philosophy of Lang, Socioling, Translation/South Africa

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LINGUIST List: Vol-31-945. Mon Mar 09 2020. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 31.945, Calls: South African Sign Language; Sign Language; Applied Ling, Gen Ling, Philosophy of Lang, Socioling, Translation/South Africa

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Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 12:24:08
From: Wilmaré Terblanche [terblanchew at ufs.ac.za]
Subject: Making a change through sign language

 
Full Title: Making a change through sign language 
Short Title: LDESW 2020 

Date: 17-Sep-2020 - 18-Sep-2020
Location: Clarens, South Africa, South Africa 
Contact Person: Wilmaré Terblanche
Meeting Email: kongresetfb at ufs.ac.za
Web Site: https://www.ufs.ac.za/conferences/home-page/2020-conferences/2020-language-diversity-in-educational-settings-workshop 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Philosophy of Language; Sociolinguistics; Translation 

Subject Language(s): South African Sign Language (sfs)

Language Family(ies): Sign Language 

Call Deadline: 04-May-2020 

Meeting Description:

The Department of South African Sign Language and Deaf Studies (SASLDS) at the
University of the Free State (UFS), is pleased to announce the second biennial
workshop on language diversity. Inspiration for the LDESW 2020 theme stems
from our notion that sign language is an important instrument of language
empowerment in both the Deaf community and the broader society, particularly
in the education domain. 

SASL received significant attention over the last few years. The SASL school
curriculum was fully implemented in 2018, with the first Deaf students writing
their matric exams on SASL. With this came numerous challenges, questions and
victories. Firstly, the debate on standardisation secondly concerns about the
readiness of the Department of Education to implement the supplementary
curriculum and thirdly what this meant for Deaf students in terms of access to
higher education institutions. Supplementary to the implementation of the
curriculum was the 2017 constitutional review committee recommendation about
declaring SASL as the 12th official language of South Africa.

Similar to the story of SASL, parallels can be drawn from the history of other
sign languages in various countries. The LDESW 2020 aims to promote research
on the significance of signed languages in numerous academic fields, as well
as to share international knowledge and expertise for mutual benefit.


Call for Papers: 

Potential subtopics: 
Only a limited number of papers can be accommodated, as all sessions will be
plenary. Abstracts (250 words) can be submitted online at
http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/LDESW2020 in the following (but not limited
to) categories of research by Monday, 4 May 2020.
 - SL in the educational setting.
 - Standardisation of SL.
 - Regulation of SL interpreting.
 - Promoting and developing SL in communities/workplace.
 - The role of SL in a bilingual setting, facilitating literacy development.
 - SL as a human right and factors that can assist this right.
 - The implications of more legal recognition for SL.

Keynote speakers: 
Prof Timothy Reagan (University of Maine, America) 
Bruno Pieter Nkosi Druchen (National Director of the Deaf Federation of South
Africa)




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