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Open Learning to Sign Language

Why is this project necessary?There is a severe shortage of quality educational materials that cause the exclusion of deaf people.Bilingual education is the only way for deaf children to gain equal opportunities and allowing them to become full citizens in their own right. (final conclusion from the sign language conference in Ål,Norway,organised by World Federation of the Deaf (WFD),European Union of the Deaf (EUD),and Ål Experiential College). Becoming bilingual in the national sign language and the written language of one's country of residence is a fundamental right. National sign languages are the mother tongues of deaf people and the only language they can acquire fully and effortlessly. To function in society it is essential for deaf to become proficient in the respective (written) language of the country. Therefore, meaningful bilingualism must be ensured in education as early as possible and throughout the course of the whole educational path, including Lifelong Learning Programmes.Why we chose to solve this problem?The educational needs of hearing people can be improved, but the educational needs of deaf people are forgotten. Our project addresses the needs of the hearing impaired people to be proficient in their written language. For this reason, we created OPEN tool that incorporates all learning methods for ISL, up to C3 (CEFRL)General Objectives achieved-Eliminate communication barriers and foster the learning of foreign language for the deaf.-Make available to learn other languages and cultural diversity for the deaf through ICT, the methodology of e-learning.-Ensuring equal opportunities for deaf people to participate in training activities of this kind.Specific Objective:It has been designed a tool for language learning for people with hearing impairment.Product/result achieved-It has designed an e-learning educational package for learning the English language combined with the international sign system-Transferable methodological tool to use for learning other languagesActivities performed-Teaching research. Planning and monitoring for the inclusion of people with hearing impairment in training development activities-Objectives were implemented to get the program development-The methodology was piloted in the framework of vocational training. We have worked with e-learning, presentation of multimedia contents and materials that supported curriculum integration-Pilot testing of the platform. Virtual program-Monitoring and evaluation
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