INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 2015 – a partnership event with CommunicationID, CommunityID and DCAL! A formal event planned for Friday 20th February 2015 in London: aimed at Deaf professionals, BSL/English Interpreters, aspiring interpreters (but will be open to anyone interested). We are planning another event to celebrate the 16th International Mother Language Day. The day is observed every year, on 21st February, to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. We first ran such an event in 2012 and it was very popular with lots of positive feedback – then we focused on the ‘mother’ languages of Deaf people and BSL/English Interpreters. This year’s event is being delivered in partnership with DCAL, which is very exciting news and, additionally, we have managed to confirm a wonderful line up of speakers and workshops. The theme for this year’s event is “Education & Employment; preserving, developing and promoting awareness of BSL and Interpreting standards” – please see below for the confirmed plans for the day (so far). There is a poster attached too (rush drafted on our last working day of 2014 – this will be updated over the next few days!). Morning theme: Access to Employment PANEL – presentations Professor Graham H Turner (Herriot Watt University, Edinburgh) “BSL – the future is in our hands” Dr Terry Riley OBE (Chair, BDA) * content and title being confirmed * Colette Hogan (Director) Directorial and Senior Management - Interpreter value and CPD needs QUESTIONS & ANSWERS – from the audience to panel WORKSHOPS – these will be repeated in the afternoon Dr Jules Dickinson (RSLI) PhD research into Interpreters in the Workplace - a collaborative approach Lina Kankeviciute (our employee) to deliver a workshop Deaf Immigration - EU experiences Yusif Dexy Wallace (our employee) to deliver a workshop Language acquisition - converting to Islam Dr Kearsy Cornier (DCAL) present research * title being confirmed* Afternoon theme – Access to Education Dr Robert Adam (DCAL) presenting on research into BSL linguistics * title being confirmed * John Walker (Deaf Academic) PhD research “Doing Deaf: Mapping the Deaf Self in Space and Place” Catherine Drew (Frank Barnes School) Deaf Curriculum development QUESTIONS & ANSWERS – from the audience to panel WORKSHOPS – Same as the morning (see above) We are waiting on the confirmed attendance of representatives from Access to Work and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Deafness. EXHIBITION SPACE: We are also in the process of confirming an exhibition area, for organisations and services relevant to the day and it’s theme. The event offers refreshments and lunch is also included in the price. We will be running the event on Friday 20th February 2015 (9am to 5pm) at Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA. Cost: £125 per person EARLYBIRD COST: £100 per person, if confirmed before 9th January 2015
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 10:25:31 +0000
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