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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white">Dear colleagues and sign language test developers, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white">We would like to invite you participate in a survey on the use of sign language assessments during the Covid-19 pandemic.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white">The focus of this survey is to investigate possible changes in the way you administer sign language assessments as a result
of Covid-19, specifically in light of the social distancing measures put in place by governments during lockdown. In addition to learning about such changes, we are interested in finding out whether you may consider implementing some of these changes for good. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">The survey takes about 15-20 minutes to complete and will be accessible online until <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif">July
31, 2021</span></strong>. All personal data will be treated confidentially. As before, we will publish the results from the survey in a peer-reviewed journal. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="DE" style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:survey@signlanguage.ch?subject=Contact%20Covid-19%20SL%20Assessment%20Survey"><span lang="EN-US">survey@sign</span></a><a href="mailto:survey@signlanguage.ch?subject=Contact%20Covid-19%20SL%20Assessment%20Survey"><span lang="EN-US">language.ch</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">Here is the link to the survey:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="DE" style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><a href="https://signlanguages.eu/index.php/505050?lang=en" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">https://signlanguages.eu/index.php/505050?lang=en</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">Thank you very much in advance for your collaboration. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="DE" style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;background:white">Tobias Haug, Franz Holzknecht and Wolfgang Mann</span><span lang="DE" style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Freundliche Grüsse</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Tobias Haug, Prof. Dr. phil., MA in Language Testing</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Leiter Bachelorstudiengang Gebärdensprachdolmetschen</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Interkantonale Hochschule für Heilpädagogik Zürich</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">Schaffhauserstrasse 239</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">CH-8050 Zürich</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">T +41 (0)44 317 11 72</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">tobias.haug@hfh.ch</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">www.hfh.ch</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE">https://www.hfh.ch/de/die-hfh/who-is-who/tobias_haug</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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