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: leesonl@tcd.ie brian.nolan@itb.ie

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)

1

2

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