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</i><b>Supporting Deaf People 2004 Online conference<br><br>
</b>Final call for participation. There are still some places left for
this conference. Please book now to avoid disappointment.<br><br>
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.<br><br>
Keynote presenters:<br><br>
- Betsy Winston (USA) on Language myths of an interpreted
education.<br>
- Tyron Woolfe (UK) on employment and D/deaf people - are we moving in
the right direction?<br>
- Graham H. Turner (UK) on challenging institutional 'audism'<br><br>
Workshops will be on the following issues:<br><br>
- David Jackson (UK) on Teaching English to Deaf learners - the Deaf
way!<br>
- Micky Vale (UK) on 'Supporting Deaf students in foreign language
classes - the support worker's perspective'<br>
- Onno Crasborn and Maya de Wit (NL) on Language politics v. interpreter
ethics<br>
- Kellie L. Stewart and Anna Witter-Merithew (USA) on Ethical decision
making for interpreters<br>
- Lorraine Leeson and Susan Foley-Cave (IRL) on Refections on the
challenges of interpreting semantics and pragmatics in an Irish
context<br>
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There will also be a number of other supporting papers and
resources.<br><br>
More information, how an online conference works, frequently asked
questions, abstracts and speaker profiles can been seen at the conference
web site at
<a href="http://www.online-conference.net/" eudora="autourl">http://www.</a>online<a href="http://www.online-conference.net/" eudora="autourl">-conference.net</a><br><br>
Registration cost is £40 (approximately $70/57euros, depending on
currency fluctuations). Please register online at
<a href="http://www.online-conference.net/" eudora="autourl"><font color="#0000FF"><u>www.online-conference.net</a></u></font>
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CEUs are available for US delegates.<br><br>
If you have questions, please contact:<br><br>
Judith Mole<br>
judithm@directlearn.co.uk<br><br>
Direct Learn Services Ltd.<br>
<a href="http://www.directlearn.co.uk/" eudora="autourl">www.directlearn.co.uk</a><br><br>
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