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Introduction to Catalan Sign Language: Speaking with Your Hands and Hearing with Your Eyes

2020/2021
Учебный год
ENG
Обучение ведется на английском языке
3
Кредиты
Статус:
Курс по выбору
Когда читается:
2-й курс, 3 модуль

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course is designed for anyone, both hearing and deaf, interested in sign languages and in particular in Catalan Sign Language (LSC). Previous study of LSC isn’t required. It will be taught in Catalan Sign Language with transcription in English, Catalan and Spanish. Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF): https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/lsc
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • to learn about the wider significance of Catalan Sign Language and about the importance of the deaf community having their own language
  • to examine a variety of Catalan Sign Language characteristics, including basic components of grammar such hand configuration, place of articulation, and movement; morphology, such as concordance and expression of plural; and finally basic syntax, such as word order
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • explores Catalan Sign Language as a natural language of the Catalonia deaf community
  • produces simple sentences in Catalan Sign Language in simple terms, asks simple questions about everyday topics, and uses expressions and simple phrases to describe well-known places
  • identifies Catalan Sign Language characteristics, including basic components of grammar, morphology and basic syntax
  • records common signs and expressions, signed slowly and clearly, that relate to yourself, family life and work, and the immediate environment
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Say Hello! Communication barriers
  • Finger gymnastics and facial expression. Natural languages
  • Finger spelling. Name sign
  • Numbers and food. Deaf community and interpretation in LSC
  • Daily activities. Arbitrariness and iconicity. Legal status
  • Jobs and family. Basic components
  • Basic syntax. Interrogative clauses
  • Plural. Agreement
  • Sign space
  • Colours. Tell a story
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking online course
  • non-blocking discussion with a HSE instructor
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • Interim assessment (3 module)
    0.3 * discussion with a HSE instructor + 0.7 * online course
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Woll, B., Steinbach, M., & Pfau, R. (2012). Sign Language : An International Handbook. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=494255

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Veiga Busto, R., & Cañas Peña, S. (2018). Review of The Meaning of Space in Sign Language: Reference, Specificity and Structure in Catalan Sign Language Discourse. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrac&AN=edsrac.352308
  • Zorzi, G. (2018). Coordination and gapping in Catalan Sign Language (LSC). Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2018. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edstdx&AN=edstdx.10803.665045