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DigitalDeploymentoftheSignsofIrelandCorpusinElearning
Lorraine Leeson, Brian Nolan
Centre for Deaf Studies, School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Department of Informatics, Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown, Dublin, Ireland.
E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]
TheSignsofIrelandCorpus Aim:todevelopamul;func;onalcorpus
(researchandteaching);
40(16=m,24=f)DeafISLsignersfromacrosstherepublic(2004);
AlleducatedintheschoolsfortheDeafinDublin; Maleandfemale,nonISLteachers,rangeofage
groups:aimtocapturepoten;alsociolinguis;cvaria;on;
5Loca;ons:Dublin,Cork,Galway,Waterford,Wexford(in2004)
Limerickdatatobecollectedin2008* CurrentlythelargestannotatedcorporaofaSLin
Europe.
Crucially:permissiongiventousedataforresearch&teaching,includingpublica;on.
Ireland
DUBLIN
WEXFORD
WATERFORD
GALWAY
CORK
LIMERICK
St. Marys
St. Josephs
Cabra Schools, Dublin
Transcrip;on
AnnotatedusingELAN(EUDICOLinguis;cAnnotator)from20057;
40selfselectednarra;ves+Volterradatatask(transi;vitytest)+FrogStorypicturesequencedata;
Nowri;ngsystemforISL=challengeforcodifica;on;
UsedECHOProjectnota;onsasbasis.Modifiedaddi;onallyforISLdata.
Codifica;on&Transcrip;on
AlldataverifiedbyDeafresearchassistant
Problemsofglossing: glossesimposeuponthedataa
wealthofunwarrantedandhighlyvariablelexicalandgramma:calinforma:on(dependinguponthespoken/wri>enlanguageusedforglossing).(PizzueoandPietrandrea2001:42).
(1)Sean:HEARING(2)FergusM:HEARINGbothareglossedthe
samesothatsearchesshowvariants
YouGetOutWhatYouPutIn!
Searchfunc.onisrestrainedbytheconsistencyandaccuracyoftheannota.onsinpu6ed
Variantsoienglossedasthesamething(e.g.WHAT(1),(2)).
Taggingre:gramma;calfunc;onnotyetaeemptedthoughweintendtobegintotagcertainitems(e.g.verbs,mouthings)in2008.
Annota;ngtheSOITexts
Decisionshadtobemadere: nonmanualfeaturesasdependent;ers,
rela;vetothemanualsignsthattheycooccurwith,orasindependent;erscontaininginforma;onthatmaybesuprasegmentalinnature.
whatcons;tutesawordinISL(wordvs.gesturevs.complexpredicate)
Borrowings,neologisms,genderedsigns Mouthpaeerns Themul;func;onalityofthecorpus
guidedourdecisions.
Nextstepswiththecorpus
Useinclassroom Deploymentinelearning AnalysisusingELAN
Phonology e.g.symmetryconstraintasin(1)
Morphology e.g.roleofmouthing,NMFs(e.g.squint,asin(2))
Syntax/Seman;cs/ Discoursestructure Humour Developingontologiesformachinetransla;on/
linguis;cmodelling(withITB)
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UsingtheCorpus Mul;func;onal:InteachingISL,interpre;ng/transla;on,signlinguis;cs Forlinguis;cresearchpurposes:
Acorpusleddescrip;onofISL(Leeson&Saeed,inprep.) PhDonmouthing(Fitzgerald,inprep.), Possiblemachinetransla;onprojects(withITB)
Forsociolinguis;cdescrip;on: Iden;fyingtheextentandformofvaria;on ForcapturingthecontemporaryusageofISLamongnavesignersaged1865. Forexploringthepossibilityofregionalvaria;oninISL Forconsideringcolloca;onalpaeernsinISL
Crossreferencingofcooccurrenceofdataonseverallayerspossible (e.g.mouthingsandmanualsigns,eyeblinkandoffsetofclause,NMFsandclassifier
construc;ons,etc.)
What we need most:
Fortunately.alongcameSIFII!
InlateFebruary2008,theMinisterforEduca;onandScienceannouncedfundingdecisionsregardingtheStrategicInnova;onFund(SIFII).
CDS,inpartnershipwiththeIns;tuteofTechnologyBlanchardstown,wereawardedc.2.8millioneuro.
collabora;onpartnersindeploymentincludeUniversityCollegeCork,LimerickIns;tuteofTechnologyandtheTipperaryIns;tute.
AlsoworkingonaLeonardodaVinciProject,SIGNALLII,promotedbyInteresourceGroup(Ire.)Ltd.todeliveraPerspec;vesonDeafnesscoursewithcontentfromPolish,Czech,UKandFinnishpartners.
AimstodevelopblendedlearningdeliveryofDiplomaprogrammesna;onallyandtodevelopa4yeardegreeinDeafStudies
Howdoesthislinktothecorpus? Ourprojectentailsthedevelopmentofdigitallearningobjectsasa
pedagogicaltool TheSignsofIrelandcorpusclearlylinkswiththisobjec;ve Theenlargementofthecorpustoincludethegappedregionaldataas
wellaselderlysignerandchildsignerdatacanbemanagedwithinthisframework
Annota;onmaynotbeasdetailedmovingforward,butwillberequired. SomeofthisworkmaybecoveredbypostgraduatestudentsatCDS/ITB.
Signs of Ireland Corpus
collocation exercies
translation exercises
Interpreting Studies
interactive functions
receptive tests
ISL classes
language contact phenomena
language variation issues
Sociolinguistic work
Applied Linguistic Functions
metonymy/ metaphor
gesture
embodiment
cognitive linguistics
machine translation
ontologies
descriptive work
Linguistic/ Theoretic Linguistic Functions
ISL DATA
Projectrequirements
LeveragetheISLdigitalcorpuswithinablendedlearningenvironmentwithdigitallearningobjects AtthemomentwehaveMoodlepopulated
withawidevarietyofmoduleswithintheprogramme.
WehavetheISLdigitalcorpustaggedinELAN.
Currently,wehavetradi;onalclassroomdelivery.
Theprogrammearchitectureisveryver;calinorienta;on.
Achievehorizontalintegra;onthroughtheuseofinforma;ontechnology,theInternetandablendedlearningapproach.
Gesngtheprogrammecompleteandonline
ELAN ClassTeaching+Moodle
Digitalassets
Verticallyalignedteaching
ISLELANdigitalcorpus
LearningObj&Digitalassets
Digitalrepository
Learningmanagementsystem
BlendedLearning
Horizontallyintegratedteaching
Somekeyques;ons
Whatisanappropriatearchitectureforadigitalrepositorytosupportsignlanguagelearning
Whatisanappropriateassessmentmodelforouronlineblendedlearningenvironment
whattypesoflearningobjectsdoweneedfor
eachoftheprogrammemoduleseachlecture,and.howmany?
Planningahead
Linktheprogrammelearningoutcomes:
tomodulelearningoutcomes tolecturelearningoutcomes&iden.fylearningobjectstosupportalltheselearningoutcomes
Module
LessonLO
Components
LessonLessonLesson
Module
Programmeandcourses
We need to plan for the capture and creation of the respective digital rich media that we intend to deploy.
AnalysisphaseofprojectModule Lecture Themes Learning Outcomes Learning Objects Assessment
Sign Linguistics &
Sociolinguistics
1 Introduction to Sign Linguistics
2 Are Sign Languages Real
Languages?
The student will be able to:
1. explain - what is a language
2. explain what are the characteristic features of language
3. argue whether these hold for Signed Languages
4. provide evidence for Signed Languages as real languages.
LO1.1 Lecture notes LO1.2 PPT/PDF LO1.3 online pop quiz LO1.4 Video data (c.10mins interview)
LO2.1 LO2.2 LO2.3 LO2.4
LO3.1 LO3.2 LO3.3 LO3.4
LO4.1 LO4.2 LO4.3 LO4.4
End of year essay question on this theme.
Pop quiz
Taggingofthedigitalassets
1Topic2.Descrip;on3.Sec;ons4.Media
a. Sourceb. Op;onsforreusec. Contextwhereusednowd. Proofofavailabilitye. Ownershipf. Licensingg. Costh. PaymentMethodi. Op;mumspeedofaccessandusej. Abilitytoapplystyleguidek. Typessupported
5.Handletags:Specifictopicscovered
6.Contexta. Modalityfordeliveryb. Format
7.Conversionspeed8.Assessmentoftopics
a. Assessmentofspecificareasb. Depthofassessmentc. Levelofadaptabilityd. Feedback
9.Author10.Versionnumber11.DateCreated
People Wewillrecruit
aprojectmanagerwhoisbilingualinISL/English. academicstaffforlocaldeliveryofISLintheregions, interpre;nglecturersandgeneralDeafStudiesacademics elearning/digitalrepository/digitalmediaspecialist. full;meISLinterpreterandadministra;vesupporttotheproject.
Tocontributetotheresearchoftheprogramme,wewillengageanumberofpeopleonPh.Dleveltoinves;gateoverthethreeyearsinthefollowingresearchareas:1. AssessmentmodelsappropriatetoISLinanelearningandblendedlearning
context;
2. DevelopingandmaturingtheISLELANdigitalcorpus,includingmetataggingandenrichingthedata;
3. Signedlanguagesinterpre;ng;4. DesignandbuildofrichdigitalmediaforIrishSignLanguage
Goraibhmaithagaibh!thankyou!
Thanksto:AllSOIpar;cipantsDeirdreByrneDunne,AlisonMacduffandCormacLeonardProfs.DavidLiele&JeffreyKallen,SLSCSArts&SocialSciencesBenefac;onFund(20037,20067,20078);TrinityCollegeStartUpResearchFunds(20016)UniversityofDublinEmergencyResearchFunds(2003/4)StrategicInnova;onFunds,CycleII(HEA,200811)SIGNALLII(LeonardodaVinci,EuropeanCommission,20079)
Anyques;ons?
BrianNolan&LorraineLeeson