Deaf People in Europe Acquiring Languages through E-Learning - Transfer of Innovation

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1 Innovation IT1-LEO

2 Project Information Title: Project Number: Deaf People in Europe Acquiring Languages through E-Learning - Transfer of Innovation IT1-LEO Year: 2009 Project Type: Status: Country: Marketing Text: Summary: Transfer of Innovation completed IT-Italy The project aims at implementing the platform which had already been previously realised with the DEAL project by adding a special section to learn English. The project intends to link with the world of deafness by offering a platform reserved to the development of linguistic skills for hearing-impaired learners who are professionally training to become secretaries for the first time. The actual fallout on the reference target is guaranteed by the presence in the partnership of agencies in charge of fulfilling the target group s educational needs, and Schools working with deaf students. Moreover, an intense activity of project dissemination has been started made of conferences, meetings and work seminars in each of the partner countries. The Deal TOI project was created aiming at two main goals: 1) moving the successful DEAL Project model ( to United Kingdom, starting a written English course for business communication and using English Sign Language within educational interactions; 2) deeply experimenting DEAL classes in a network including three Italian regions, making them steadily enter the horizon of educational systems addressing deaf learners in the partner Countries. The educational systems of the involved regions and, in perspective, of all Italy and partner Countries, will be thus allowed to efficiently answer the deaf learners' need of linguistic education, especially in the perspective of vocational training. The DEAL project research activities have in fact confirmed that this problem is rather far from the solution: today, deaf learners do not still have tools, approaches, material for linguistic training specifically built in relation to their educational needs and cognitive styles. The DEAL project (winner of 2008 European Label) has begun answering this need, creating an educational model and suitable tools to act on the deaf people s unimpaired channel, sight, and use national sign languages as pin of educational communication. It appears therefore urgent to give a full application to the prepared tools, creating the conditions for their stable use on the part of educational institutions, in agreement with deaf people s trade Associations and Administrations. The DEAL TOI partnership is built bearing this guideline in mind: in fact, it includes, among others, the Institute for Deaf People s Specialized Instruction Magarotto, with its seats in Padua, Rome and Turin, E.N.S. (Italian acronym for Ente Nazionale Sordi, i.e. Deaf People s National Association). In agreement with the needs recorded at the Training Institutions and trade Associations, it has been decided to propose to move to English as a necessary element, and, at present, critical point in the professional qualification of young deaf people who study as professional commercial secretaries all over Europe. At the end of the project the main expected results therefore coincide with the full operability of linguistic training tools in deaf learners' e-learning, with the experimented functionality of Italian, English and Spanish classes for deaf learners, with the presence in the partner countries of well-prepared trainers, with the stabilization of DEAL tools in the target group's professionalizing training and their aware introduction in the action sphere of trade Associations as well as public administrations. The expected impact is, therefore, the adjustment of DEAL tools and classes inside the training systems of partner countries, with a particular attention to the leader, too, as relevant contribution to the strategic diffusion of e- learning in the horizon of deaf students' linguistic training. : The Deal TOI project was born with specific ambitions: transferring the model which had been happily experimented with the DEAL project ( to the 2

3 Project Information Themes: United Kingdom national context, making a course referred to written English in business communication available and operational, and using English sign language in didactic interactions; deeply experimenting the DEAL courses in a network which includes 3 Italian regions, letting them steadily in the horizon of educational systems addressed to deaf learners in partner Countries. *** Labor market *** Open and distance learning *** Access for disadvantaged *** Language training *** Initial training ** ICT ** Lifelong learning * Intercultural learning Sectors: *** Education ** Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities ** Human Health and Social Work Activities * Information and Communication Product Types: website Film teaching material others open and distance learning transparency and certification CD-ROM Product information: The main project result was the creation of tools for deaf students linguistic training in e- learning, with the experimented functionality of classes in Italian, English and Spanish addressed to deaf learners, with the presence in partner countries of teachers suitably trained to their use, with the stabilization of DEAL tools in the system of the target group s professionalizing training and their aware introduction in the action sphere of category Associations and Civil Service. Projecthomepage: 3

4 Project Contractor Name: City: Country/Region: Country: Organization Type: ISTITUTO STATALE PER SORDI DI ROMA ROMA Lazio IT-Italy research institution Contact Person Name: Address: City: Country: Telephone: Fax: IVANO SPANO via Nomentana ROMA IT-Italy

5 Coordinator Name: City: Country/Region: Country: Organization Type: ISTITUTO STATALE PER SORDI DI ROMA ROMA Lazio IT-Italy research institution Contact Person Name: Address: City: Country: Telephone: Fax: IVANO SPANO via Nomentana ROMA IT-Italy

6 Partner Partner 1 Name: City: Country/Region: Country: Organization Type: Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche ROMA Lazio IT-Italy research institution Partner 2 Name: City: Country/Region: Country: Organization Type: ISTITUTO STATALE ISTRUZIONE SPECIALIZZATA PER SORDI A. Magarotto ROMA Lazio IT-Italy public institution Partner 3 Name: City: Country/Region: Country: Organization Type: University College London Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre LONDON London UK-United Kingdom university/fachhochschule/academy Partner 4 Name: City: Country/Region: Country: Organization Type: Universitat de Barcelona - Fundaciò Bosch i Gimpera BARCELLONA Cataluna ES-Spain university/fachhochschule/academy 6

7 Partner Partner 5 Name: City: Country/Region: Country: Organization Type: lynx srl ROMA Lazio IT-Italy SME - small and medium-sized enterprise (up to 250 employees) Partner 6 Name: City: Country/Region: Country: Organization Type: Ente Nazionale per la protezione e l assistenza dei Sordi Onlus ROMA Lazio IT-Italy public institution 7

8 Project Files 10. articolo Volterra.PDF Issued on six-monthly magazine Abilitazione e Riabilitazione [Qualification and Rehabilitation] Year XIX no of the article La lingua dei segni italiana e i prodotti multimediali [Italian Sign Language and multimedia products], by A. Di Renzo, R. Vasta, V. Volterra 4. ISSR - La Valletta.pdf Presentation of the article Deaf People Education: crossing linguistic borders through e-learning" by Nuccetelli G., De Monte M. during the Conference: Workshop on supporting e-learning with language resources and semantic data, La Valletta - Malta (May, 5th 2010) 5. ISSR - Kassel.pdf Presentation of the article "Sign language as a mediator in multilingual education environments for deaf people" by Nuccetelli G., De Monte M. at the 10th International Conference Association for Language Awareness - ALA, Kassel - Germany (July, 27th 2010) contributo_dealtoi_definitivo.pdf Presentation of the article at the congress Sie-l - Nuccetelli G., Penge S., Terraschi M., Villarini A. DEAL TOI: corsi a distanza di L2 per studenti sordi [DEAL TOI: L2 Distance Learning Courses for Deaf Students] DEAL_iiic_firenze.doc Presentation of the article "DEAL TOI: A Second Language Learning Proposal through E-Learning addressed to Deaf People" by Nuccetelli G., Penge S., Terraschi M., Villarini A. at the 3rd ICT for Language Learning Conference, Florence - Italy, November, 12th 2010 DeMonte_Groves_Bremen2011_final.pdf 3rd Bremen Symposium - Symposium: De Monte, M.T., M., Groves, K.M., Nuccetelli, G., La Grassa, M., Troncarelli, D. (2011, March). "Assessing Deaf Learners in Europe: a critical review", Bremen - Germany ( ) Groves - DeMonte_The CEFR and Deafness.pdf Symposium on Writing Assessment in Higher Education: Making the framework work - Presentazione Poster: Groves, K.M., De Monte, M.T. The CEFR and Deafness: Redefining the Can-Do Approach to Language Competence - Conference_article (accepted): De Monte, M.T., Groves, K.M.. The CEFR and Deafness: Redefining the Can-Do Approach to Language Competence. In Writing Assessment in Higher Education: Making the framework work, proceedings of the Symposium on Writing Assessment in Higher Education: Making the framework work, Amsterdam, October 2011, John Benjamins press. JAT_Capuano_et_al_DELE_short.pdf Vol. 5 N. 4 - Journal_short paper: Capuano, D., De Monte, M.T., Roccaforte, M., Tomasuolo, E. and Groves, K.M. (2011). A Deaf-Centered e- Learning Environment (DELE): challenges and considerations. Journal of Assistive Technologies Special Issue: Children with speech, language and communication needs. nuccetelli_mondadori.doc ation of a chapter in a book: "L'e-learning come strumento di promozione del plurilinguismo nella sordità [E-Learning as a Tool to Promote Multilinguism in Deafness]" by Giuseppe Nuccetelli in Villarini A. (edited by), L'apprendimento a distanza dell'italiano come lingua straniera, modelli operativi e proposte didattiche [Distance Learning of Italian as Foreign Language, Operational Models and Didactic Proposals], Le Monnier,

9 Project Files POSTER_Language Portfolios, Multilingualism and the Deaf_HANDOUT.pdf Postgraduate Conference on Current Issues in Sign Linguistics, Deafness and Cognition (CISLDC 2011) - Presentation Poster Groves, K.M., De Monte, M.T. Language Portfolios, Multilingualism and the Deaf: Can we find a synergy in language assessment? PRODOTTO N. 2.zip Bibliography and Websites list PRODOTTO N. 3.zip Report Stato dell'arte PRODOTTO N. 4_FabbisogniLinguistici.zip Report on the linguistic needs PRODOTTO N. 5_AdeguamentoModelli.zip Report on the e-learning model adaptation to other languages report_evoluzione_modello_dealtoi.doc DEAL-TOI: REPORT ON E-LEARNING MODEL ADJUSTMENTS slide_presentazione_progetto.ppt PPT presentation where purposes and contents of the project are described. Spano_Nuccetelli_DeMonte_SocialNetworkSordi_TD52.pdf Issue of an article on Tecnologie Didattiche [Didactic Technologies], Edizioni Menabò (1-2011) - Journal full article: Spano I, Nuccetelli G., De Monte M.T. (2011) Inclusione linguistica dei sordi e Social Network: costruire la conoscenza nella rete [Deaf People s Linguistic Inclusion and Social Network: Building Knowledge in Internet]. 9

10 Products e-learning platform Bibliography & Sitography Report on the state of art of the Researches on the characteristics of verbal language learning Report on the linguistic needs of the final addressees in United Kingdom Report on model evolution E-learning platform, technical documentation Detailed design of the English course for Italian and Catalan deaf students Animations reviewed and adapted to the new target language Video Italian Sign Language, Catalan and English Online course in Italian for English deaf students Online course in Italian for Catalan deaf students Online course in English for Italian deaf students Online course in English for Catalan deaf students Online course in Spanish to Italian deaf students Spanish online course for English deaf students Report of experimentation Guide for trainers DEAL-TOI implemented based on the analysis of experimental External evaluation report ation to print a brochure dedicated to products and their potential within the horizon of multimedia Demo Tools for monitoring the financial management Models for the verbalization of the transnational meetings and national partners Computerized tools for remote collaboration Videoconferencing system for teaching adapted to the needs of recipients Advertising materials and press releases related to public events Guide for Facilitators 10

11 Product 'e-learning platform' Title: e-learning platform Product Type: open and distance learning Deaf People in Europe Acquiring Languages through E-Learning - Transfer of Marketing Text: The e-learning platform hosted courses of Italian, Spanish and English as L2 addressed to deaf students trained to become secretaries and absolute beginners in the target language. It represented an absolutely innovative element in the scenery of educational offer for deaf users. : Classes, carried out in an e-learning modality, have been structured in 10 Educational Units aimed at achieving a skill level which can be compared to an A2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Language Learning and Teaching. The system was based on the use of an e-learning platform (ADA) and a videoconference system. All suitable adjustments have been studied and carried out in relation to the target group. The tools the learner found at his/her disposal are: * Animations * Videos * Interactive educational activities * Videoconference * Forum Target group: Italian, English, Spanish deaf students engaged in vocational training courses to become secretaries. Result: Offering a concrete educational possibility for foreign languages to users who are generally excluded by circuits of L2 communication. Area of application: Diffusion of foreign languages for vocational purposes among deaf students. Product Languages: English 11

12 Product 'Bibliography & Sitography' Deaf People in Europe Acquiring Languages through E-Learning - Transfer of Title: Bibliography & Sitography Product Type: others Marketing Text: Bibliography and sitography are devoted to the works on deaf students verbal language learning. At the time of its creation, it represented the most updated tool of produced works which focus on these themes. The carried out tool mostly applies to be consulted by the world of research and those who work in the classroom with deaf students. : Bibliography and sitography have represented a catalogue raisonné of over 100 titles grouped by themes and reference languages. Target group: Researchers and foreign language teachers for deaf people. Result: Wide catalogue raisonné of titles and sites devoted to the theme of linguistic training among deaf people, with a particular reference to works produced in English, Italian, Spanish and German. Area of application: Research and professional update. Product Languages: English 12

13 Product 'Report on the state of art of the Researches on the characteristics of verbal language learning (written national language and foreign languages) in deaf people in United Kingdom' Title: Report on the state of art of the Researches on the characteristics of verbal language learning (written national language and foreign languages) in deaf people in United Kingdom Product Type: others Marketing Text: Research report which updated and completed the analogous research carried out in those countries being partners in the transferred project : Report on the state of the art with respect to the research on the characteristics of verbal language learning ( national written language and foreign languages) of deaf people in the United Kingdom Target group: Training agencies dealing with deafness, Associations, Teachers, Research Agencies Result: Possibility of monitoring the way the work is prepared Area of application: Researchers and foreign language teachers for deaf people. Product Languages: English 13

14 Product 'Report on the linguistic needs of the final addressees in United Kingdom' Title: Report on the linguistic needs of the final addressees in United Kingdom Product Type: procedure for the analysis and prognosis of the vocational training requirement Marketing Text: The product integrating with similar reports which are already available for Catalan and Italian deaf people completed the database we started from to transfer products : The report showed the results of a research on final addressees, in relation to the British deaf people s learning process of written language Target group: Training agencies dealing with deafness, Associations, Teachers, Research Agencies Result: Possibility of monitoring the work from within and utilization also during its external assessment at the end of the first year Area of application: Training agencies dealing with deafness, Associations, Teachers, Research Agencies Product Languages: English 14

15 Product 'Report on model evolution' Deaf People in Europe Acquiring Languages through E-Learning - Transfer of Title: Report on model evolution Product Type: evaluation methods Marketing Text: Through the analysis of the new target group s requirements and some aspects which could be improved in the first project, the document put the basis for important developments of the didactic model in the perspective of transfer. : The document described innovations introduced in the model within the transfer Target group: Training agencies dealing with deafness, Associations, Teachers, Research Agencies Result: The report allowed to get along at best while monitoring the project from within and during its external assessment Area of application: Training agencies dealing with deafness, Associations, Teachers, Research Agencies Product Languages: English 15

16 Product 'E-learning platform, technical documentation' Title: E-learning platform, technical documentation Product Type: website Marketing Text: The work of development carried out on the platform was addressed to deaf learners specific needs : The platform is the learning environment where educational activities are developed. Target group: Deaf students, trainers, facilitators Result: The tool allowed to optimize educational interactions planned in educational paths starting from the target group s real needs. Area of application: study of foreign languages Product Languages: Italian 16

17 Product 'Detailed design of the English course for Italian and Catalan deaf students' Title: Detailed design of the English course for Italian and Catalan deaf students Product Type: teaching material Marketing Text: The course created a specifically structured path suitable to the target group s requirements aimed at the language which today is mostly used in international business communication : The course has represented the transfer to English of educational paths created with the DEAL project Target group: Italian and Catalan deaf students Result: The course allowed Italian and Catalan students to learn English through the use of their sign languages, with special attention to the specific language used by secretaries Area of application: English learning for Italian and Catalan deaf students Product Languages: English 17

18 Product 'Animations reviewed and adapted to the new target language' Title: Animations reviewed and adapted to the new target language Product Type: Film Marketing Text: Through the strong integration of linguistic and visual contents, animations were the ideal input for paths addressed to the specific target group. : Animations (10 for each target language) were the input of each educational unit. Animations were re-planned, carried out and validated through working groups with deaf experts Target group: Italian, Catalan and English deaf students Result: Animations were a strong visual support while learning foreign languages. Area of application: Learning foreign languages for deaf students studying to become secretaries Product Languages: 18

19 Product 'Video Italian Sign Language, Catalan and English' Title: Video Italian Sign Language, Catalan and English Product Type: Film Marketing Text: : Videos (in total approx. 600) offer contextualizing, lexical and grammar supports in the addressees sign language. Target group: Italian, Catalan and English deaf students Result: Area of application: Product Languages: 19

20 Product 'Online course in Italian for English deaf students' Title: Online course in Italian for English deaf students Product Type: material for open learning Marketing Text: The course put at the training British deaf community s disposal an innovative tool built on their learning resources in order to develop vocational linguistic skills : The course was made of 10 educational units on written communication in Italian with supports in British sign language Target group: English deaf students Result: Learning Italian for British deaf students with a special attention to the specific language typical of the secretary s field of work Area of application: Learning a foreign language for deaf students Product Languages: Italian 20

21 Product 'Online course in Italian for Catalan deaf students' Title: Online course in Italian for Catalan deaf students Product Type: material for open learning Marketing Text: The course put at the training Catalan deaf community s disposal an innovative tool built on their learning resources in order to develop vocational linguistic skills : The course was made of 10 educational units on written communication in Italian with supports in Catalan sign language Target group: Catalan deaf students Result: Learning Italian for Catalan deaf students with a special attention to the specific language typical of the secretary s field of work Area of application: Learning foreign languages for deaf students Product Languages: Italian 21

22 Product 'Online course in English for Italian deaf students' Title: Online course in English for Italian deaf students Product Type: teaching material Marketing Text: The course put at the training Italian deaf community s disposal an innovative tool built on their learning resources in order to develop vocational linguistic skills : The course was made of 10 educational units on written communication in English with supports in Italian sign language Target group: Italian deaf students Result: Learning English for Italian deaf students with a special attention to the specific language typical of the secretary s field of work Area of application: Learning foreign languages for deaf students Product Languages: English 22

23 Product 'Online course in English for Catalan deaf students' Title: Online course in English for Catalan deaf students Product Type: material for open learning Marketing Text: The course put at the training Catalan deaf community s disposal an innovative tool built on their learning resources in order to develop vocational linguistic skills : The course was made of 10 educational units on written communication in English with supports in Catalan sign language Target group: Catalan deaf students Result: Learning English for Catalan deaf students with a special attention to the specific language typical of the secretary s field of work Area of application: Learning foreign languages for deaf students Product Languages: English 23

24 Product 'Online course in Spanish to Italian deaf students' Title: Online course in Spanish to Italian deaf students Product Type: material for open learning Marketing Text: The course put at the training Italian deaf community s disposal an innovative tool built on their learning resources in order to develop vocational linguistic skills : The course was made of 10 educational units on written communication in Spanish with supports in Italian sign language Target group: Italian deaf students Result: Learning Spanish for Italian deaf students with a special attention to the specific language typical of the secretary s field of work Area of application: Learning foreign languages for deaf students Product Languages: Spanish 24

25 Product 'Spanish online course for English deaf students' Title: Spanish online course for English deaf students Product Type: material for open learning Marketing Text: The course put at the training English deaf community s disposal an innovative tool built on their learning resources in order to develop vocational linguistic skills : The course was made of 10 educational units on written communication in Spanish with supports in English sign language Target group: British deaf students Result: Learning Spanish for English deaf students with a special attention to the specific language typical of the secretary s field of work Area of application: Learning foreign languages for deaf students Product Languages: Spanish 25

26 Product 'Report of experimentation' Deaf People in Europe Acquiring Languages through E-Learning - Transfer of Title: Report of experimentation Product Type: evaluation methods Marketing Text: Experimentation was the most significant moment of the validation of produced model and tools, so it was determining to prepare the material accompanying the dissemination of results : The product brought the results of the experimentation carried out with the final addressees Target group: Deaf students, training agencies dealing with deafness, Associations, Teachers Result: Since it took place in agencies constantly dealing with deaf people s training, the experimentation represented a concrete step towards the systematization of produced tools Area of application: Study of the foreign language learning modalities in deaf students Product Languages: English 26

27 Product 'Guide for trainers DEAL-TOI implemented based on the analysis of experimental' Title: Guide for trainers DEAL-TOI implemented based on the analysis of experimental Product Type: others Marketing Text: The guide was a strategic resource to disseminate the project results as well as increasing their value : The product was the accompanying material meant for those trainers who will use tools and products as guide to their best utilization Target group: Trainers, facilitators, training agencies, Civil services Result: The guide especially helped to improve and support the work of trainers involved in this stage of the project Area of application: Learning foreign language in an e-learning modality Product Languages: English 27

28 Product 'External evaluation report' Deaf People in Europe Acquiring Languages through E-Learning - Transfer of Title: External evaluation report Product Type: transparency and certification Marketing Text: The external assessment guaranteed the coherence of the project results and products with required qualitative standards as well as the project purposes. The external assessment was enriched by an intermediate step at the end of the first year of the project, which at first had not been planned : The report was represented by the external assessor s presentation (Prof. Lilia Teruggi, University of Milan Bicocca) on the project results and products. The external assessment was enriched by an intermediate step at the end of the first year of the project, which at first had not been planned. Target group: Training agencies which deal with deafness, Associations, Teachers, Civil Services Result: The assessment allowed certifying the coherence of the project results and products in relation to the required qualitative standards and the declared project purposes. Area of application: Assessment criteria of deaf students foreign language learning process Product Languages: English 28

29 Product 'ation to print a brochure dedicated to products and their potential within the horizon of language training for deaf' Title: ation to print a brochure dedicated to products and their potential within the horizon of language training for deaf Product Type: others Marketing Text: The brochure was a physical tool to disseminate the project as well as increasing its value, and diffuse it in all the seats where the project will be presented over its due date, too. : The brochure described in detail the project products, offering indications on how to promote its use and its transfer to other context. Target group: Deaf students, training Agencies dealing with deafness, Associations, Teachers Result: Larger diffusion of information concerning purposes and results of the project Area of application: Study on deaf students' learning modalities Product Languages: English 29

30 Product 'multimedia Demo' Title: multimedia Demo Product Type: CD-ROM Deaf People in Europe Acquiring Languages through E-Learning - Transfer of Marketing Text: Thanks to its diffusion on the web and its strong visual impact, the product aroused the interest of a very large public in the project results and products : The product offered a vision with an immediate impact on its main potentialities, and was thought to be diffused on the project website as well as many other linked sites Target group: Deaf students, training Agencies dealing with deafness, Associations, Teachers Result: Greater advertisement and diffusion of the project contents Area of application: Study concerning the deaf students' foreign language learning modalities Product Languages: Italian 30

31 Product 'Tools for monitoring the financial management' Title: Tools for monitoring the financial management Product Type: others Marketing Text: The financial management correctness and transparence were the fundamental resource for the achievement of the project result : The tools at issue facilitated the management correctness and the reporting transparence Target group: Representatives of partner countries, with particular reference to financial responsibles Result: Guided and correct management and transparence of reportings Area of application: Methodologies which are typical of financial management of European projects where more partners are involved Product Languages: English 31

32 Product 'Models for the verbalization of the transnational meetings and national partners' Title: Models for the verbalization of the transnational meetings and national partners Product Type: others Marketing Text: The product tried to prevent possible disagreements in interpreting communication especially in transnational meeting, by means of correct recording procedures of debates and adopted decisions. : Standard model for verbalization (structured on paper with the logos of the project, the partners and the co-sponsoring agency) which considered the following points: - place, date and opening/closing times - partners and people present - purposes on the agenda - emerged criticalities - results Target group: People who were involved in the project, from representatives of the various partner countries to external assessors Result: More clarity and transparence with respect to covered themes and decisions made during meetings Area of application: Management of a partnership Product Languages: Italian 32

33 Product 'Computerized tools for remote collaboration' Title: Computerized tools for remote collaboration Product Type: others Marketing Text: The use of these tools allowed the regulation, optimization and monitoring of internal communication processes : Tools of network co-operation, such as mailing lists and repositories Target group: Representatives of partner countries Result: Fruitful and efficient communication among the representatives of involved partner countries, decrease of possible uneasiness deriving from a difficult communication for the partnership s intrinsic characteristics (distance, language, etc.) Area of application: Management of relations and communications within a European partnership Product Languages: English 33

34 Product 'Videoconferencing system for teaching adapted to the needs of recipients' Title: Videoconferencing system for teaching adapted to the needs of recipients Product Type: open and distance learning Marketing Text: The tool allowed synchronous interactions within the learning environment of the learners mother language, both with tutors and peers. : Tool to implement synchronous didactic processes through the use of the addressees sign language, integrated with other operational supports, such as web, board and text chat Target group: Deaf students, trainers, facilitators Result: More monitoring possibilities of internal monitoring of carried out work Area of application: Strategies which can be adopted in the processes of distance learning Product Languages: English 34

35 Product 'Advertising materials and press releases related to public events' Title: Advertising materials and press releases related to public events Product Type: others Marketing Text: Given the fundamental role of dissemination and valorization, the organization and participation to significant public events was one of the strategically more relevant activities: the materials at issue contributed to diffuse wide information on these events and favour the interested people s participation. : Products to structure the communication of the project Target group: Training agencies, Civil Services, Category Associations, Newspapers Result: More diffusion of information on the project, occasion of meeting and Exchange with representatives of the scientific world, researchers and operators interested in the field of deafness in relation to language learning Area of application: Advertisement of results concerning a European project Product Languages: Italian 35

36 Product 'Guide for Facilitators' Deaf People in Europe Acquiring Languages through E-Learning - Transfer of Title: Guide for Facilitators Product Type: others Marketing Text: The figure of system facilitator, introduced as qualifying moment of the transfer of innovation, appeared with a complex target such as deaf people strategic to systematize produces resources: the guide represented the accompanying material for a better dissemination of this important aspect : The guide explained purposes, processes and tools designed for the system facilitator. Target group: Facilitators, trainers, training agencies, Civil Services Result: Better possibilities of internal monitoring and support to facilitators engaged in the project Area of application: Strategies for deaf people to learn foreign languages Product Languages: English 36

37 Events DEAL TOI Project Final Conference - Teaching/Learning a Foreign Language with Deaf Students in a Classroom Setting and E-Learning Date The final conference was a moment to widely increase the value of the project results and products before a plurality of subjects Representatives of the partnership, deaf community, school students Rome, November 24th 2011 Sponsorship and Diffusion of the E-learning Platform in the DEAL-TOI Project by Giuseppe Nuccetelli Date Third Meeting to divulge and increase the value of DEAL TOI model and products Deaf people, operators working in the field of hearing impairment Rome, November 16th

38 Events DEAL TOI Experimentation Workshop Date Distribution of information packs introducing the project Representatives of local category associations, deaf people Lleida, Spain, November 16th 2011 Symposium on Writing Assessment in Higher Education: Making the framework work Date Poster Presentation: Groves, K.M., De Monte, M.T. The CEFR and Deafness: Redefining the Can-Do Approach to Language Competence - Conference_article (accepted): De Monte, M.T., Groves, K.M.. The CEFR and Deafness: Redefining the Can-Do Approach to Language Competence. In Writing Assessment in Higher Education: Making the framework work, proceedings of the Symposium on Writing Assessment in Higher Education: Making the framework work, Amsterdam, October 2011, John Benjamins press. Teachers, trainers and other staff involved in any aspect of lifelong learning Amsterdam, October 27th

39 Events Seminar Deal Toi Experimentation Workshop Date Distribution of information packs introducing the project Deaf people interested in the initiatives and strategies able to bring more benefits to deaf people Barcelona, Spain, October 19th 2011 Development Of Theoretical And Practical Guidelines For The Adaptation Of The Common European Framework Of Reference (cefr) To Sign Languages, ESF Exploratory Workshop SCH, Convened by: Tobias Haug (CH), Jörg Keller (CH) Date The event represented an occasion to divulge information packs on the project in a high profile scientific community Researchers, scholars of the sector Zurich, Switzerland, September 18th

40 Events Sie-l Conference - Nuccetelli G., Penge S., Terraschi M., Villarini A. DEAL TOI: L2 Distance Learning Classes for Deaf Students Date The intervention aimed at promoting the diffusion of rich information on the project within the research and teaching community interested in e-learning problems Teachers, researchers Reggio Emilia, Italy, September 16th 2011 Sign Linguistics, Deafness and Cognition (CISLDC 2011) Date Postgraduate Conference on Current Issues in Presentazione Poster Groves, K.M., De Monte, M.T. Language Portfolios, Multilingualism and the Deaf: Can we find a synergy in language assessment? University teachers, University students, researchers London, September 16th

41 Events Introduction to the E-learning Platform Used in the DEAL-TOI Project Date Second meeting to divulge and increase the value of DEAL TOI model and products Deaf people, operators working in the field of hearing impairment Padua, July 2nd 2011 Seminar at DCAL library Date Presentation of the main results achieved in the DEAL TOI project University students, teachers, researchers London, June 23rd 2011 Introduction to the E-learning Platform Used in the DEAL-TOI Project Date First meeting to divulge and increase the value of DEAL TOI model and products Deaf people, operators working in the field of hearing impairment Palermo - Italy, June 12th

42 Events Deaffest 2011 International Deaf Film and Television Festival in Wolverhampton Date Joan Fleming of task on behalf of DCAL of UCL the UK Deal-Toi partner Researchers, teachers and people working in the field of hearing impairment Wolverhampton - England, May 21st rd American Conference on Education and Deafness Date rd American Conference on Education and Deafness - Distribution of information packs introducing the project Researchers, teachers and operators working in the field of deafness Rippol - Spain, March 15th

43 Events 3rd Bremen Symposium - Symposium: De Monte, M.T., M., Groves, K.M., Nuccetelli, G., La Grassa, M., Troncarelli, D. (2011, March). Assessing Deaf Learners in Europe: a critical review Date The publication of contributions on the project was a tool to increase the value of long term results and aimed at highly selected targets. Researchers, members of the scientific community Bremen, March 4th 2011 Handimatica - Divulgation of Information Packs Date Divulgation of Information Packs Researchers, Teachers of Primary and Secondary School, Operators working in the field of impairment Bologna - Italy, November 20th

44 Events 3rd edition ICT for Language Learning Conference Date During the conference, the report titled DEAL TOI: Second Language Learning Proposal through E-Learning Addessed to Deaf People was presented by S. Penge, G. Nuccetelli, M. Terraschi and A. Villarini. Members of the scientific community and researchers November, 12th 2010, Florence ICT for Language Learning 2010 Date DEAL TOI was present to the 3rd edition of the conference ICT for Language Learning [Florence, November 11th-12th 2010]. The proposed contribution was put in the ICT Language Teaching Solution session during the afternoon session of November 12th Members of the scientific community interested in the topic Florence, November 11th - 12th

45 Events Meeting of ENS Top Management Date During the meeting the report titled Valorizzare e disseminare il modello DEAL-TOI [Increase the Value of and Disseminate the DEAL-TOI Model] was presented by Giuseppe Nuccetelli Top Management of the Ente Nazionale Sordi (ENS)[Italian National Agency for Deaf People] Closed event Rome, October 22nd th International Conference Association for Language Awareness - ALA Date During the conference, the report titled: Sign language as a mediator in multilingual education environments for deaf people was presented by G. Nuccetelli and M. T. De Monte Researchers and members of the scientific community University of Kassel Germany, July 27th

46 Events Conference: Workshop on supporting e-learning with language resources and semantic data Date During the conference, the report titled: E-Learning in deaf multi-lingual education was presented by G. Nuccetelli and M. T. De Monte Researchers and members of the scientific community II-Belt Valletta, Malta, May, 22nd 2010 DEAL-TOI Conference Date The conference "Le ICT per il plurilinguismo nella sordità - Il contributo del Progetto DEAL- TOI [ICTs for Multilinguism in Deafness The Contribution of the DEAL-TOI Project]", - organized by the Istituto Statale per Sordi of Rome (ISSR, it was held on Wednesday, May 19th 2010 at the ISSR Seminar Room [via Nomentana 54/56], from 4 o clock p.m. to 6 o clock p.m. It was an important occasion to exchange and compare opinions. Members of the deaf community, students, parents with deaf children, operators who work in the field of hearing impairment (speech therapists, communication assistants, teachers, etc.) Rome, May 19th

47 Events Conference Multimedia Interactive Board and Impairment Date DEAL TOI was presented during the conference and disseminated through the distribution of information packs on the project. 1st and 2nd grade secondary school teachers, students, researchers Rome, April 22nd 2010 Report presented at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Date The project was introduced to the researchers of the Linguistics Department of the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. Ms. Virginia Volterra of the ISTC-CNR presented a report on DEAL TOI purposes and products. Members of the scientific community, researchers, students Paris Universitè Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris - France, April 11th - 14th

48 Events Open Conference to the Campus and - Distribution of Information Packs Introducing the Project Date Distribution of information packs introducing the project Participants were people interested in teaching and learning a written language as far as deaf people are concerned. Participants were deaf students who will become teachers of sign language with positive effects for their families and / or schools for deaf people. Some other were hearing students who will work with deaf people s community, schools and institutions. Barcelona, March 2nd 2010 European Project for Language Teaching - Conference Date European Project for Language Teaching - Conference - Distribution of information packs introducing the project Some participants were deaf students who became sign language teachers with positive effects for their families and / or schools for deaf people. Some other were hearing students who presently work with deaf people s community, schools and institutions. Barcelona - Spain, February 23rd

49 Events Conference and workshops - Days of Diffusion of the ARCE Research - Date Distribution of information packs introducing the project Teachers, trainers and other staff involved in any aspect of lifelong learning (TCH) Barcelona - Spain, January 21st