Supporting Deaf People conference - final call for participation

[Judith Mole]

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Supporting Deaf People 2004 Online conference

Final call for participation. There are still some places left for this 
conference. Please book now to avoid disappointment.

The conference will  take place from12th to the 19th of February 2004 and 
will address two themes: 'Ethics & Professionalism' and 'Language'. The 
conference is on the internet, so you can access the proceedings from the 
comfort of your own desktop.

Keynote presenters:

- Betsy Winston (USA) on Language myths of an interpreted education.
- Tyron Woolfe (UK) on employment and D/deaf people - are we moving in the 
right direction?
- Graham H. Turner (UK) on challenging institutional 'audism'

Workshops will be on the following issues:

- David Jackson (UK) on Teaching English to Deaf learners - the Deaf way!
- Micky Vale (UK) on 'Supporting Deaf students in foreign language classes 
- the support worker's perspective'
- Onno Crasborn and Maya de Wit (NL) on Language politics v. interpreter ethics
- Kellie L. Stewart and Anna Witter-Merithew (USA) on Ethical decision 
making for interpreters
- Lorraine Leeson and Susan Foley-Cave (IRL) on Refections on the 
challenges of interpreting semantics and pragmatics in an Irish context

There will also be a number of other supporting papers and resources.

More information, how an online conference works, frequently asked 
questions, abstracts and speaker profiles can been seen at the conference 
web site at http://www.online-conference.net

Registration cost is £40 (approximately $70/57euros, depending on currency 
fluctuations). Please register online at www.online-conference.net

CEUs are available for US delegates.

If you have questions, please contact:

Judith Mole
judithm at directlearn.co.uk

Direct Learn Services Ltd.
www.directlearn.co.uk



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