AIIC Training and Professional Development (ATPD) and AIIC’s Sign Language Network (SLN) are teaming up to offer a webinar on Sign Language Interpretation (SLI). In this free two-hour online information session, you will learn what SLI is all about, why it is important to make it available at meetings, how and where it can be learned and taught, how SLI can be included in mixed teams with spoken language interpreters, and much more. Visit our event page to find out more and sign up on Zoom at this link.
Date: Saturday 30 November 2024
Time: 14:00-16:00 CET (Geneva)
Venue: online (Zoom)
Access: free with prior registration (click here to register via Zoom)
Interpretation to be provided in International Sign, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Brazilian Sign Language
Speakers
MAYA DE WIT – History, evolution and role and place of SLI in conference interpreting
ROBERT SKINNER – Teaching SL interpreting: challenges and opportunities
HILDA TEJADA – Teaching SLI and spoken language interpreting in the same classroom
RAZAK FAKIR – Sharing experience with mixed teams of SLI and spoken language interpreters
Moderation by MICHELLE HOF (ATPD Coordinator) and KAREN GREEN (SLN Coordinator)
About the speakers
MAYA DE WIT: SL Interpreter, Researcher, Trainer and Consultant – Former Coordinator of the AIIC SLN (2016-2023) – Former President of the European Forum of SL Interpreters
ROBERT SKINNER: Assistant Professor, Heriot-Watt University – BSL, IS and English interpreter practitioner and researcher
HILDA TEJADA: Mexico-based Interpreter, Lecturer and Trainer – Member of AIIC’s ATPD and SLN – Course designer for spoken and sign language interpreter training
RAZAK FAKIR: Deaf SL Interpreter, Translator and Language Trainer – Member of AIIC, WASLI-WDF and AFSLI
For more information contact ATPD (training-group@aiic.org) or SLN (sln@aiic.org).
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