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<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><span lang="en-US">With pleasure, we would like to announce that our ECML project proposal "PRO-Sign" has been awarded. The main aim of the ECML
project (2012-2015) is to establish European standards for specifying sign language proficiency in Deaf Studies and Sign Language Interpreting programs at institutions of Higher Education. Specifically, the project will (a) provide definitions of proficiency
levels for signed languages, (b) provide an elaboration of curricula that focus on these levels with specifications of signed language curricula for L2 learners; and (c) develop a sample assessment kit for signed language proficiency. Ultimately, it will enhance
awareness and inclusion of European sign languages and Deaf communities in European society. Further project-related details will follow in due course.</span></span></font></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><span lang="en-US">Dr. Lorraine Leeson, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland</span></span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><span lang="en-US">Dr. Beppie van den Bogaerde, Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands</span></span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Dr. Tobias Haug, Interkantonale Hochschule für Heilpädagogik, Switzerland</span></font></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><span lang="en-US">Dr. Christian Rathmann, Universität Hamburg, Germany</span></span></font></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><span lang="en-US"><font color="#0000ff">The European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML):
</font></span><a href="http://www.ecml.at" target="_blank"><span lang="en-US"><font color="#0000ff">www.ecml.at</font></span></a></span></font></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><span lang="en-US">Best,</span></span></font></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><span lang="en-US">Tobias, Lorraine, Beppie and Christian</span></span></font></div>
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