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Sign languages in higher education (SLingHEd)

Czech and Norwegian experts in sign language linguistics and deaf studies, both hearing and deaf, will join to create a think tank based on two different cultural frameworks and will share their experience and know-how in studying, analyzing, describing and teaching Czech and Norwegian sign languages as communication tools used in higher education and professional career. They will compare the existing lexicographic tools and grammar descriptions of Czech and Norwegian sign languages, elicitation of common signs and developping terminology needed for scientific purposes, will assess the role of International Sign system for European communication and mobility of the deaf, and publish descriptions of basic vocabulary recommended for International Sign system. Training programmes for sign language interpreters and traslators will be thoroughly discussed, compared to other existing ones, and good practice transferred into the Czech curriculum.