Sign Languages
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Sign Languages, David Newby, Frank Heyworth and Marisa Cavalli, Changing contexts, evolving competences: 25 years of inspiring innovation in language education, Graz, Austria, Council of Europe and European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML), 2019, 100 - 107, Leeson, Lorraine and van den Bogaerde, BeppieDownload Item:
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In 2018, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe passed a resolution on Sign Languages
(Resolution 2247). This recognises the thirty plus indigenous sign languages of Europe as natural
languages but also acknowledges that few states have recognised sign languages as official languages
to date (See also Wheatley and Pabsch 2012 for an overview on sign language recognition in Europe).
As a result, access to education and public services using sign languages remains limited. The
challenges faced in acquiring a sign language as a first language, learning it as a second or subsequent
language, or accessing information through sign languages are well documented. Most recently, the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland, published a report that looks at sign language rights within the
framework of the Council of Europe and its member states (Tupi 2019), noting that sign language issues
tend to be viewed via a disability lens, rather than seen from a cultural and linguistic perspective.
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PUBLISHEDGraz, Austria
Author: Leeson, Lorraine
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Changing contexts, evolving competences: 25 years of inspiring innovation in language educationPublisher:
Council of Europe and European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML)Type of material:
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Sign language, Europe, EducationSubject (TCD):
Digital Humanities , Identities in Transformation , Inclusive Society , Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) , European Language Portfolio , European Language Portfolio for Sign Languages (ELP-SL) , Second Language Second Modality learning (L2M2) , plurilingualism , sign language teaching and learningMetadata
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