Course content

This course builds on language - multimodal communication, language and communication 1, and Norwegian sign language 1 and 2. We expand and deepen our knowledge of text and activity types, style and register in Norwegian and Norwegian sign language. Students will analyze and compare these elements in both languages. Emphasis is placed on developing vocabulary and language skills in Norwegian. Students will be introduced to different ways in which deaf/deafblind/deafened people use their linguistic resources, both in teaching and in practice. Students will also be introduced to guiding techniques and haptic communication. In preparation for practical training, students must sign a confidentiality agreement.

Learning outcome

Candidates

• Can describe linguistic and communicative resources used in different situations
• Can use discourse mapping at a basic level when working to extend their vocabulary and linguistic repertoire in new domains
• Has knowledge of Braille
• Can describe how deaf, deaf-blind and deafened people use and interact with different languages, and can describe communicative possibilities and challenges with regard to different degrees of combined sensory loss

Learning methods and activities

• Lectures, groupdiscussions, exercises, develop own linguistic abilities and practicum.
• 80% compulsory attendance.
• Approved obligatory assignments are valid for three semesters (the semester in which the approval is given, plus the following two semesters). All obligatory assignments must be completed in the same semester.

Practicum: TEGN2011 contains one week of obligatory observation practicum. This usually consists in the students visiting one to two different places during the week, where they can observe different types of communication in Norwegian Sign Language

Compulsory assignments

• Written assignment based on observations in practicum
• Practical assignment
• 80% compulsory attendance
• Practicum
• Oral assignment based on comparative analysis of Norwegian and Norwegian sign language

Specific conditions

Recommended previous knowledge

Completed and passed the first year of the BA-program in Norwegian Sign Language, the one-year program in Norwegian Sign Language or the equivalent from another educational institution in Norway. Requires admission to the BA-program in Norwegian Sign Language.

Required previous knowledge

Completed and passed the first year of the BA-program in Norwegian Sign Language, the one-year program in Norwegian Sign Language or the equivalent from another educational institution in Norway. Requires admission to the BA-program in Norwegian Sign Language.

Course materials

The reading list will be announced at the beginning of the semester