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Educational Interpreter Workshops
The Victorian Deaf Education Institute (VDEI) has commissioned ASLIA Vic to run a series of workshops in 2012 for educational interpreters.
There will be four workshops across the year, each taking place over two days – one day in metro Melbourne, and the second in Bendigo for regional interpreters.
Topics covered will include Linguistics, Auslan Vocab, Classroom boundaries, Teamwork, Storytelling, Idioms and much more!
ASLIA Vic have sourced the highest calibre of presenters from all over Australia.
Workshop One
Workshop 1 on Monday 30th & Tuesday 31st January 2012 will be presented by Assoc. Professor Adam Schembri, BA DipEd, MLitt, PhD on the "Linguistics and Sociolinguistics of Auslan".
Here Adam will discuss some myths and misunderstandings about sign languages, before moving onto to discuss aspects of the formational structure and grammar of Auslan, variation and change in Auslan, and how an understanding of Auslan linguistics is important for sign language interpreters.
Flyer for the first workshop can be viewed here
Project Officer
ASLIA Victoria is pleased to announce a new project worker has been appointed to develop and facilitate this workshop series. Michelle Ashley is the ASLIA Vic Educational Interpreter workshop Project Officer for 2012. We look forward to working closely with Michelle on this fabulous project.
Michelle Ashley: Michelle has practised as an Interpreter since 1998, balancing freelance work with a career in Television Marketing and Advertising (Channel Ten and Foxtel). Michelle brings her project management skills to implementing the 2012 Educational Interpreter's PD workshops and Education Kit. Michelle hails from a large deaf family and has recently relocated to Melbourne from her native Sydney
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