Laura Gacía Donoso

SIGN ON!: An interactive sign bilingual English course

The aim of SignOn! is to enable deaf sign language users to use written English for international communication via the Internet by producing an interactive sign bilingual English course. The target group of the ‘Sign On!’ project are deaf people who are fluent in their national sign language and may have some knowledge of International Sign.
First, students choose a sign language: British, Spanish, Norwish, Austrian, Finnish, Icelandic or Dutch. Then, they can play the introduction video. Later they select the theme they want to learn about (Deaf Art, Deaf Politics, Deaflympics, Travel, Web Search, Online Shopping, Instant Messaging, Weblog, Netiquette and Online Translations). Finally, they are provided with a text about the selected theme with which they can:
o Select to play a video that will translate the content into the chosen Sign Language.
o Select to play a video that will translate sentence by sentence its content into the chosen Sign language.
o Do vocabulary exercises with the words that appear in the text with visual help.
o Etc.

Link: http://www.acm5.com/signon2/index.html


Mobility International USA

MIUSA is an American organization that empowers people with disabilities around the world to achieve their human rights through international exchange and international development.
In its webpage there is a section addressed to teachers of foreign languages with students with learning, hearing and vision disabilities.
First, an explanation of each disability is offered. Then, some tips and methods are given to the teacher to be carried out in class depending on the disability.
Links to a considerable number of articles written by specialists about teaching disabled students are offered as well as multiple online resources that will make the foreign language lesson accessible to them.
Besides, some suggestions about learning a new language are given to disabled students, such as how to chose a foreign language course, learning resources that they can use, or possibilities for them to learn foreign languages overseas.

Link: http://www.miusa.org/ncde/tipsheets/foreignlang/