“Sign language: Cross-ocean(s) perspectives”

Presented by:

David McKee, Director of the Deaf Studies Research Unit, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Rachel McKee, sign language interpreter

Lucas Magongwa, Coordinator of Deaf Education at the Centre for Deaf Studies, Wits University, South Africa

Date: Friday 6 July 2012
Time: 10:00-11:00
Location: HB 7-14

The two presenters will share their perspectives on the status and development of sign language in New Zealand, America, Hong Kong and South Africa. Dr McKee is an expert on sign language in deaf education and will compare the treatment of sign language in deaf education and outcomes for adult communities in his native country America, his adopted country NZ and and Hong Kong where he has recently been teaching deaf university students.  

Dr Magongwa will give a South African perspective on the current status and policies regarding sign language, its development and promotion.

Sponsored by the Humanities Office of the Dean and the Department of African Languages