Date: 10/12/2008
As part of the conference on bilingual acquisition in early childhood (http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/lin/conference/baec/), a workshop on sign bilingualism was held at The Chinese University of Hong Kong on 10 December 2008. The workshop was organised by the Centre.
Researchers interested in sign bilingualism and deaf education came from China, Japan, and Taiwan to join the event. Professor Diane Lillo-Martin from the University of Connecticut and Haskins Laboratories gave a keynote speech entitled “Sign Bilingualism in the Americas”.
The participants, including Professors Min-hua Hsing and Ning-sheng Zhang, visited the centre on 11 December. During the visit, they were introduced to various Deaf education projects going on at the centre and interacted with both Deaf and hearing staff.
The presentations by each of the presenters can be found below:
“The Practice and Spread of Bilingual Deaf Education in Mainland China”
by Professor Ning-sheng Zhang, the Deaf Art Design College, Zhong Zhou University
“UNICEF Bilingual-Bicultural Approach for Deaf children: An Interim Report”
by Ms Li-qun Wang, UNICEF Bilingual and Bicultural Approach, The Chinese Academy of Audiological (Re)habilitation
“Sign Bilingual Deaf Education in Taiwan: Current Status and A Proposal for Change”
by Professor Min-hua Hsing, Department of Special Education, National University of Tainan, Taiwan
“What’s an Interactive Sign Bilingual Co-enrolment Classroom? An Investigation of Teacher-Student Interaction”
by Ms Fay Wong
“First Language Transfer in Writing (Chinese Deaf Students’ Signed Language and Writing in Mandarin)”
by Professor Xiao-yan Xiao, English Department, College of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Xiamen University
“Sign Bilingualism in the Americas”
Professor Diane Lillo-Martin, University of Connecticut & Haskins Laboratories
“Bilingual Acquisition of Discourse Referencing in Narratives in Hong Kong Sign Language and Cantonese: A Preliminary Study”
by Ms Tammy Lau, Ms Connie Lo, Dr Felix Sze, Ms Rachel Wong, Mr Pippen Wong, and Ms Ruby Yuen
“Hong Kong Sign Language Elicitation Tool”
by Ms Fion Wong and Mr Jafi Lee
“Incorporating Linguistic Principles into Written Chinese Assessment: A Pilot Study”
by Mr Charles Lam and Ms Denise Chan
“The First Bilingual-Bicultural Textbook for Japanese Deaf Children”
by Ms Hitomi Akahori and Ms Norie Oka, Bilingual and Bicultural Education Centre for the Deaf, Hitotsubachi University Graduate School
