TACTILE ITALIAN SIGN LANGUAGE

The course is part of the second year of Languages, civilization and science of language.

The core elements and the goals to be achieved are: to have a basic communication with deafblind people and to learn how to manage different situations, choosing the most suitable methods and solutions.

Students are advised to attend the course of Tactile Italian Sign Language after having attended the course of Italian Sign Language 2.

-Features of the deafblind population
-Communication strategies with deafblind people
I-nteraction with deafblind people
-Guidance and leading techniques
-Feedback
-Some knowledge on tactile perception
-Non-verbal communication
-Formational parameters: LIS vs LISt
-Discussion upon the non-manual markers and their equivalent in LISt
-Interrogative clauses
-Conditional clauses
-The spatial dimension
-The adjectival category in LISt
-The adverbial category in LISt
-Techniques to disambiguate signs
-Social-haptic communication and its possible different applications

- Corballis Michael C., Dalla mano alla bocca. Le origini del linguaggio. Milano: Raffaello Cortina Editore,2008.
- Mazzeo M., Tatto e linguaggio. Il corpo delle parole. Roma, Editori Riuniti, 2003.
- Checchetto A., “Interpretare in LIS a favore di persone sordocieche: cosa accade ad una lingua visiva quando la percezione è tattile”, in Vallini C., De Meo A., Caruso V. (a cura di), Traduttori e traduzioni.Napoli: Liguori, 2011.
Disponibile anche nella versione e-book: http://www.liguori.it/schedanew.asp?isbn=4275 - Ulteriore materiale sarà reso disponibile in formato elettronico sul sito del corso.

Students will be evaluated through an oral examination aiming at: (i) verifying the comprehension of the contents presented during the course; (ii) the students’ ability to analyze video clips in Tactile Italian Sign Language; (iii) interact in Tactile Italian Sign Language during basic communicative situations.
Students will be further evaluated for their ability to acquire and reflect upon the indicated bibliography.

written and oral

The instructor is responsible for ensuring the authenticity and originality of all examinations and coursework. In cases of suspected academic misconduct, an additional on-site assessment may be required during the exams, which may differ from the standard format.

The final examination grade is based on the student's knowledge and understanding of the topics covered during the lectures and is awarded on a scale of up to 30 points.

● Frontal lesson supported by text, images and videos
● Exercises in pairs
● Video observation and commentary
● Dialogical reflection
● Meeting with deafblind guests during lessons

Lectures will be in Italian.