{"id":5840,"date":"2016-05-27T14:37:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T06:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cslds.org\/v5\/?post_type=conference&#038;p=5840"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:20:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T04:20:04","slug":"the-2016-national-deaf-english-teaching-symposium","status":"publish","type":"conference","link":"https:\/\/cslds.org\/v5\/conference\/the-2016-national-deaf-english-teaching-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2016 National Deaf English Teaching Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Date: 27\/05\/2016&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;28\/05\/2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 27-28 May 2016, the director of the Centre for Sign Linguistics and Deaf Studies (CSLDS), Prof Gladys Tang, and Asia Pacific Sign Linguistics Research and Training (APSL) Program teachers, Mr Philip Thierfelder and Ms Wannapat Suranant, attended The 2016 National Deaf English Teaching Symposium (\u5168\u56fd\u804b\u6821\u82f1\u8bed\u8bfe\u5802\u6559\u5b66\u7814\u8ba8\u4f1a) in Dalian, China. On the first day of the symposium, they conducted three presentations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Asia Pacific Sign Linguistics Research and Training Program: Tertiary English for the Deaf by Prof Gladys Tang<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Features of L2 Written English of Deaf Students from Mainland China, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan and Sri Lanka by Mr Philip Thierfelder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Natural Sign Language in the EFL Classroom by Ms Wannapat Suranant<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In their presentations, they described the structure of the Asia Pacific Sign Linguistics Research and Training program\u2019s English curriculum and its educational outcomes; the features of the English writing of students in the APSL program; and the use of natural Hong Kong Sign Language in the English classroom. Following their presentations, conference participants had an opportunity to discuss their views and ask questions. A number of symposium participants from deaf English programs around China expressed interest in working with the CSLDS in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;galleryId&quot;:&quot;6aef6d0312348&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/gallery\" class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6aef6d031602e&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6aef6d031602e\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"969\" height=\"646\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" 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