Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Widening access to new sign vocabulary through signed TV/videos


… continued with our training of two further trainees, both named David, in basic video-editing. One is on staff at the Immanuel Bible  Training Centre in Kampala, and the other is a youth, (front right), living near our YWAM Arua base.
    We are also co-developing a local team of Paul (slide 2)with Jonathan, (back right) and David to run some pilot sign-language video workshops for the staff and students of Eruba Primary School and Deaf Unit, and local trainee sign-language interpreters. Through team perseverance we now have a reliable power supply for the digital projector. First pilot workshop  begins late september.
    Laurence and I also visited the studios of one TV company broadcasting weekly signed national news summaries across Uganda and beyond. I hope these can be developed further with the addition of podcasts, greater contrast between the colour of the interpreters skin/clothing/background and a signed child–friendly news version. 

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