31.1758, Calls: Sign Language; Applied Ling/South Africa and Online

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LINGUIST List: Vol-31-1758. Wed May 27 2020. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 31.1758, Calls: Sign Language; Applied Ling/South Africa and Online

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Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 12:24:25
From: Wilmare Terblanche [terblanchew at ufs.ac.za]
Subject: Second Biennial Workshop on Language Diversity in Educational Settings 2020: Making a change through sign language

 
Full Title: Second Biennial Workshop on Language Diversity in Educational Settings 2020: Making a change through sign language. 
Short Title: LDESW 2020 

Date: 18-Nov-2020 - 19-Nov-2020
Location: Clarens, Free State, South Africa 
Contact Person: Wilmare Terblanche
Meeting Email: kongresetfb at ufs.ac.za
Web Site: https://www.ufs.ac.za/conferences/conference/2020-language-diversity-in-educational-settings-workshop/call-for-papgers/call-for-papers 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Language Family(ies): Sign Language 

Call Deadline: 30-Jun-2020 

Meeting Description:

In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, the scientific committee had to adapt the
initial arrangements of this workshop. We decided to host this workshop as a
hybrid workshop with regards to physical and virtual attendance. The LDESW
2020 will be hosted in Clarens on 18th - 19th November 2020. Those who are
able to attend the workshop in Clarens will be encouraged to do so, and those
who unable to travel to Clarens can join the workshop on the virtual platform.
Therefore, the scientific committee decided to reopen the Call for Papers, and
the new deadline can be seen below.

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 die 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. 

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


Call for Papers: 
 
Only a limited number of papers can be accommodated, as all sessions will be
plenary. Abstracts (250 words) can be submitted to kongresetfb at ufs.ac.za in
the following (but not limited to) categories of research by Tuesday on 30
June 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.




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