Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Introduction

    • Before we begin...
  • 2

    What is Standardization?

    • What is Standardization?

    • Case Study: English (part 1)

    • Case Study: English (part 2)

    • Case Study: Swahili (part 1)

    • Case Study: Swahili (part 2)

    • Sign Language Development

    • Quiz 1

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  • 3

    Arguments Against Standardization

    • Con 1: Who Decides What to Standardize?

    • Case Study: Unified Arabic Sign Language

    • Con 2: Endangers Minority Languages

    • Case Study: Linguistic Genocide in Africa

    • Con 3: Assigns a Single Sign to a Concept

    • Case Study: International Sign System

    • World Federation of the Deaf

    • World Federation of the Deaf Statements on Standardization and Unification
  • 4

    Arguments For Standardization

    • Pro 1: Identity

    • Case Study: South Korea

    • Pro 2: Recognition

    • Case Study: South Africa

    • Pro 3: Conveying Information

    • Pro 4: Protection

    • Case Study: Adamorobe Deaf Village, Ghana (part 1)

    • Case Study: Adamorobe (part 2)

    • Case Study: Adamorobe (part 3)

    • Case Study: Spain

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  • 5

    ASL: The "English" of the Deaf World?

    • Is ASL Standardized?

    • Video: ASL Standardization

    • Case Study: Martha's Vineyard (1)

    • Technology's Role in Standardization (1)

    • Case Study: ASL

    • Technology's Role in Standardization (2)

    • Case Study: Black American Sign Language (VIDEOS)

    • Case Study: Black American Sign Language

    • Case Study: Black American Sign Language

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  • 6

    Sign Language Professionals Role In Standardization

    • Living in America - Refugees and Immigrants

    • Interpreting with Deaf Immigrant People

    • Case Study: Nicaraguan Sign Language