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MHLS1131 - Sign Language: Written Language Mastery
Credits :
5
Lecturers :
Mode of delivery :
Face-to-face , first and second term, 60 hours of exercises.
Language of instruction :
Sign language
Learning activities :
MHLS1131A - [1 Q. • 30 Ex. • Pond. : 30]
 Marie-Thérèse Jamart, Susana Sanchez MorenoMHLS1131B - [2 Q. • 30 Ex. • Pond. : 70] Isabelle Hulin, Marie-Thérèse JamartLearning outcomes :
On completing this Unit the student should:- Without a dictionary, understand a text in simple LSFB simple (history, simple information, simple sentences);
- Extract the key information from such a text and transfer and convey them in the target language; - Answer general and specific questions on these texts; - Have enriched their lexicon in terms of both current usage and a range of topics - Use basic translation tools; - Analyse, compare and comment critically with reference to relevant theory on the translations of simple texts. Prerequisites :
None
Co-requisites :
None
Course contents :
The course is divided into three modules:
1. Text comprehension (30 hours) 2. Lexicology (30 hours) 3. Introduction to translation (15 hours) The modules ‘Text Comprehension' and ‘Lexicology' are taught in conjunction with the Mastering Sign Language (Oral) course around several topics with a particular focus on the understanding of signed messages. Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Learning by problem solving;
Exercises (based on videos of natural discourse in LSFB); Summarising Group work Individual work Descriptive approach to translation Assessment methods and criteria :
Continuous assessment (participation in class, homework)
Mid-course assessment (30%) : short video-based test individually and in groups Final assessment (70%): video-based test individually and in groups An unjustified absence of more than three sessions or an unjustified defect in the timely delivery of written work may lead to an objection to registration for the examination concerned. Recommended or required reading :
"LEDERER M et SOLESKOVITCH D, Interpréter pour traduire, Les Belles Lettres, 2014
OUSTINOFF M, La traduction, Poche, 2003 GACHE P, Traduction français écrit-langue des signes vidéos, Éditions universitaires européennes, 2005 FRANCOIS D, HULIN I, JAMART M-T, Du signe à la plume, Presses universitaires de Namur, Presses universitaires Saint-Louis, Namur, 2017 Websites: www.lsfb.be, www.elix-lsf.fr Other information :
Course Materials :
-Videos in LSFB -PowerPoint documents. -List of basic translation tools. |
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