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Supporting Deaf People 2004 Online conference
Final call for participation. There are still a few 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 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. Please register online at
www.online-conference.net
If you have questions, please contact:
Judith Mole
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Direct Learn Services Ltd.
www.directlearn.co.uk
