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Learning more: Deaf people in postsecondary education

Conference in Berlin. September 6 and 7, 2002.

Association of the Deaf in Berlin
Conference languages: English, German and German Sign Language

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Program | Conference place

Conference Program

Post-conference papers:
  • Horst Ebbinghaus, Review of the Berlin MÁS-conference, published in Das Zeichen 16, 2002, No. 62, 614-617.
    PDF file German version (131 kb).

Friday, September 6, 2002

I. Deaf people at the university

4 p.m. – 5 p.m.

  • Jens Hessmann
    Deaf students: What is it they teach the universities?
  • George Taylor et al.
    Preparing deaf people for the university: The British MÁS-Module
    "Bridging the Gap"
    PDF file English version (47 kb). German version (118 kb). Versión en español (117 kb)

5.30 p.m. – 6.30 p.m.

  • Antonio Ferrer et. al.
    Improving readings skills in adult deaf people: The Spanish MÁS-Module
    PDF file English version (370 kb).  Versión en español  (373 kb)

  • Knut Weinmeister
    Normality with a difference: Studying as a deaf student

7 p.m. Buffet

8 p.m. Evening programme. Including projection of FESORD video, "Pedro's dream" and other interesting performances.

Saturday, September 7, 2002

II. Interpreting for deaf people in postsecondary education

9.30 a.m. – 10.30 a.m.

  • Franziska Rückwardt
    Problems in educational interpreting: Results of a survey of German interpreters

  • Ege Kagar
    Studying with an interpreter: Experiences of a deaf student
    PDF file German version (155 kb). Translation of his signed contribution published in Das Zeichen 17, 2003, No. 63, 70-76.

11.00 a.m. – 12.00 a.m.

  • Tobias Haug
    Interpreters as support workers? On the relationship between translating and explaining in interpreting in professional education

  • Elvira Vega Lechermann
    The hard words: On dealing with technical vocabulary in sign language interpreting

12:00 a.m. – 2 p.m. lunch break
 

III. Integrating deaf people in academic institutions

2 p.m. – 3 p.m.

  • Celeste Asensi
    Organizing Integration I: Supporting deaf students at the University of Valencia
    PDF file English version (164 kb).  Versión en español  (64 kb)

  • David Moorhead et al.
    Organizing Integration II: Supporting deaf students at the University of Bristol
    PDF file English version (43 kb)

3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

  • Hubertus Dietz
    Accompanying deaf students: Experiences of a support worker

  • Nicole Danielzik
    The hearing university: The bounds of possibility in being an integrated deaf student

4:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.

To wind up: “Flash-gong session” – or: everything else there is to say


Conference place

Association of the Deaf in Berlin

Gehoerlosenzentrum Berlin
Friedrichstraße 12
10969 Berlin (Kreuzberg)

nearest metro station: Hallesches Tor

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