Be Aware of the Grammars of Sign Languages. Resources for Teachers and Pupils
▶Summary
BAG-SIGN aims to strengthen metalinguistic awareness of sign languages among deaf, hard of hearing and hearing children. All over Europe, there is a lack of materials for teaching sign languages. ...
▶Objectives
BAG-SIGN aims to strengthen metalinguistic awareness of sign languages among deaf, hard of hearing and hearing children. All over Europe, there is a lack of materials for teaching sign languages. Therefore, BAG-SIGN transforms linguistic findings into a pedagogical grammar for sign languages and qualifies teachers for grammar teaching. This improves the quality of sign language teaching, which in turn contributes to the formation of an inclusive society.
▶Activities
Researchers and teachers from Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Switzerland cooperate in order to create a demand-oriented pedagogical grammar for five European sign languages. In addition, BAG-SIGN develops and offers classroom training and multilingual web-based tutorials for the self-study of teachers. The results are science-based and field-tested, then revised and made available to the public on an open-access website.