Communication and Interpretation in Italian Sign Language (LIS and LISt)

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: the student will acquired a basic knowledge of the principles and mechanisms that regulate the functioning and development of natural languages ​​and human language.
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: At the end of the course the student will be able to critically recognize and analyze the main linguistic phenomena encountered in the daily practice of Italian and other European languages.
C) Autonomy of judgment: The student will acquire the analytical skills and the attention to detail necessary for a correct understanding of the fundamental mechanisms operating in natural languages.
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to explain and communicate the fundamental aspects of the discipline, even to a non-specialist public;
E) Learning skills: the student will have the necessary skills to go deep in the study of glottology, taking an interest in phenomena pertaining to specific languages.

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: students will be able to present the contemporary debate in semiotics and on the relationships between signs, world and society.
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: at the end of the course the students will demonstrate the ability to tackle the study of themes and problems in semiotics with a rigorous method that leads to a critical analysis and the ability to outline the state of the art in relation to the study of signs and theories of the relationship between signs, world and society.
C) Autonomy of judgment: the student will be able to adequately and scientifically evaluate central epistemological issues in the discussion concerning the study of linguistic signs.
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to explain and communicate the fundamental aspects of the discipline, participating critically in the discussion on the nature of languages;
E) Learning skills: the student will have the necessary tools to independently study the philosophical reflection on the meaning of signs.

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: the student will acquire basic knowledge on multiple clinical and psychological aspects of deafness, on the history of the signing community and on the history of research in the field of sign languages.
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: the student will be able to understand and apply in his profession the knowledge acquired related to the socio-cognitive aspects of the deaf person, respecting his specificities and individual characteristics.
C) Autonomy of judgment: thanks to the knowledge acquired, the student will be able to make decisions supported by studies and research into the behavior to be held with the deaf person, according to the different situations that could arise;
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to explain and communicate the psychological aspects related to the profession of professional interpreter and will be able to discuss the main implications from the ethical point of view, adequately related to the deaf community;
E) Learning skills: the student will have the necessary tools to further explore the psychological and cognitive aspects of deafness.

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: the student will acquire basic skills in the understanding and production of the Italian sign language. He/she will need to be able to understand the main points of a dicussion dealing with familiar topics about everyday life (work, school, free time);
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: The student will be able to apply his/her knowledge to communicate clear information on common topics related to everyday life or work acrivities, recognizing both general meaning and specific information, as long as the argument is articulated with clarity in a rather familiar variety.
C) Autonomy of judgment: in comparison with other sign language users, the student will be able to measure his/her competence and explore through imitation - which is one of the basic ways of language learning - new expressive skills.
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to communicate clear information on common topics related to everyday life or work through the LIS, recognizing both the general meaning and specific information.
E) Learning skills: the student will be able to improve his / her expressive skills autonomously by referring to the appropriate consultation tools.

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: the student will acquire basic skills in the understanding and production of the Italian sign language. He/she will need to be able to understand the main points of a dicussion dealing with familiar topics about everyday life (work, school, free time);
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: The student will be able to apply his/her knowledge to communicate clear information on common topics related to everyday life or work acrivities, recognizing both general meaning and specific information, as long as the argument is articulated with clarity in a rather familiar variety.
C) Autonomy of judgment: in comparison with other sign language users, the student will be able to measure his/her competence and explore through imitation - which is one of the basic ways of language learning - new expressive skills.
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to communicate clear information on common topics related to everyday life or work through the LIS, recognizing both the general meaning and specific information.
E) Learning skills: the student will be able to improve his / her expressive skills autonomously by referring to the appropriate consultation tools.

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: the student must demonstrate that he has achieved adequate knowledge in the linguistic, glottodidactic and acquisitional description of spoken and signed languages.
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: the student will be able to understand and apply in his/her profession the knowledge acquired in order to make in the interpreting activity choices based on a metalinguistic reflection and an in-depth knowledge of the strategies that regulate the transmission, teaching and learning of languages, whether vocal or signed.
C) Autonomy of judgment: having acquired linguistics knowledges and language teaching skills, the student will be able to make decisions and choose the most suitable communication strategies according to the different contexts and interlocutors in an autonomous and conscious way.
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to communicate the reason behind his/her linguistic, stylistic and register choices, and to adequately describe and argue the peculiar characteristics of the language, spoken or signed, that he is using.
E) Learning skills: the student will have the necessary tools to keep up-to-date on the most recent research in the field of linguistic and glottodidactic research.

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: the student will have a geneal knowledge of legal issues related to sign language, deafness and deafblindness, and will possess the ability to understand these specific areas of study, supported by the most recent bibliography.
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: the student will be able to understand and apply the current laws in their profession, and will know the norms related to deafness, deafblindness and LIS, as well as the professional figures revolving around the deaf person ;
C) Autonomy of judgment: the student will be able to understand correctly the rules enforced by the law, and reflect on the limits and ethics of their profession;
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to explain and communicate the content of the rules related to deafness, deafblindness and LIS;
E) Learning skills: the student will have the necessary tools to go deeper into the legal questions, and work independently to keep himself constantly updated on the most recent changes to the law.

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: the student will acquire knowledge on the articulation of the voice and how to improve verbal communication skills for the profession of interpreter and mediator.
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: the student will be able to understand and apply in his profession the knowledge and techniques related to the use of the voice.
C) Autonomy of judgment: confronting with other professionists, the student will be able to measure his/her ability and consciously manage the different levels of voice expression.
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to explain and communicate the productive aspects of voice, breathing, speaking times and speaking shifts, linked to the profession of professional interpreter;
E) Learning skills: the student will have the necessary tools to improve, even independently, the knowledge and techniques related to timbral, intonative, rhythmic and phonological aspects of the voice.

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: the student will acquire basic skills in the understanding and production of the Italian sign language. He/she will need to be able to understand the main points of a dicussion dealing with familiar topics about everyday life (work, school, free time);
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: The student will be able to apply his/her knowledge to communicate clear information on common topics related to everyday life or work acrivities, recognizing both general meaning and specific information, as long as the argument is articulated with clarity in a rather familiar variety.
C) Autonomy of judgment: in comparison with other sign language users, the student will be able to measure his/her competence and explore through imitation - which is one of the basic ways of language learning - new expressive skills.
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to communicate clear information on common topics related to everyday life or work through the LIS, recognizing both the general meaning and specific information.
E) Learning skills: the student will be able to improve his / her expressive skills autonomously by referring to the appropriate consultation tools.

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: the student will acquire basic skills in the understanding and production of the Italian sign language. He/she will need to be able to understand the main points of a dicussion dealing with familiar topics about everyday life (work, school, free time);
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: The student will be able to apply his/her knowledge to communicate clear information on common topics related to everyday life or work acrivities, recognizing both general meaning and specific information, as long as the argument is articulated with clarity in a rather familiar variety.
C) Autonomy of judgment: in comparison with other sign language users, the student will be able to measure his/her competence and explore through imitation - which is one of the basic ways of language learning - new expressive skills.
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to communicate clear information on common topics related to everyday life or work through the LIS, recognizing both the general meaning and specific information.
E) Learning skills: the student will be able to improve his / her expressive skills autonomously by referring to the appropriate consultation tools.

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: the student must demonstrate an adequate knowledge of the ethnolinguistic and anthropological aspects of the community that uses LIS in Italy.
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: the student will be able to apply the knowledge acquired in the field of anthropology for a better understanding of the dynamics and interdependent relationships existing between sign language and the community that uses it; this knowledge will help the student in the delicate task of interpreter and cultural mediator.
C) Autonomy of judgment: using his/her ethno-anthropological knowledge, the student will be able to choose how to relate in the most correct way with the deaf person, according to the different situations that could arise;
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to explain and communicate the ethnolinguistic aspects related to the profession of the interpreter and will be able to discuss the from the anthropological point of view the main implication of his/her role in relation to the deaf community;
E) Learning skills: the student will have the necessary tools to deepen the antropological aspects and to keep up to date on the most recent research.

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: the student will acquire a knowledge of the evolution of Italian literary history of the last two centuries and of the development of literary genres, trends and languages ​​of the last decades; he/she will develop an adequate knowledge of the methodological tools that allow the understanding and analysis of narrative and poetic texts.
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: through the acquired knowledge, the student will be able to understand and interpret narrative and poetic texts.
C) Autonomy of judgment: the student will have a good ability to analyze literary communication and the interaction between literary text and the surrounding society, between author and public.
D) Communication skills: the student will develop the ability to express both orally and in the writing, in a way suitable to the topic dealt with; he/she will also have the mastery of an appropriate lexicon capable of communicating in particular the relationships between new literary forms and the arts.
E) Learning skills: the student will be able to improve their specific skills autonomously, by exploring the new critical and literary trends.

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: the student will comprehend the psychological aspects of cultural mediation, with a particular interest in the community that uses sign language; he/she will also have the ability to understand the deontological aspects of the profession of interpreter and mediator.
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: the student will be able to understand and apply in his/her profession those knowledge realated to the psychological and cognitive aspects of the deaf person, respecting his/her specificities and individual characteristics. He/She will also be able to apply the knowledge acquired in the field of ethics in the delicate task of interpreter and cultural mediator.
C) Autonomy of judgment: using his/her psychological and deontological knowledge, the student will be able to choose how to relate in the most correct way with the deaf person, according to the different situations that could arise;
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to explain and communicate the psychological aspects related to the profession of interpreter, and will be able to discuss from an ethical point of view the main implications of his/her role related to the deaf community;
E) Learning skills: the student will have the necessary tools to continue the study of the psychological and ethical aspects of the role of the interpreter, and to keep up to date on the most recent research in these fields.

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: The student is able to understand a discussion through LIS about both familiar and unfamiliar topics normally faced in life, in social relationships, in study and at work. The understanding of the message could be compromised only by an inadequate discursive structure and / or by the use of idiomatic, or not yet fully encoded, or highly iconic expressions.
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: The student can apply his/her knowledge to communicate clear information on less common and abstract topics related to everyday life or work situations, and to understand technical and moderately complex discussions.
C) Autonomy of judgment: in comparison with other sign language users, the student will be able to measure hs/her competence and to go deep into different levels of expression through imitation - which is one of the basic ways of language learning.
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to communicate clear information on less common and abstract topics related to everyday life or work through the LIS, and to understand technical and moderately complex discussions.
E) Learning skills: the student will be able to improve his / her expressive skills autonomously by referring profitably to the appropriate consultation tools.

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: The student is able to understand a discussion through LIS about both familiar and unfamiliar topics normally faced in life, in social relationships, in study and at work. The understanding of the message could be compromised only by an inadequate discursive structure and / or by the use of idiomatic, or not yet fully encoded, or highly iconic expressions.
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: The student can apply his/her knowledge to communicate clear information on less common and abstract topics related to everyday life or work situations, and to understand technical and moderately complex discussions.
C) Autonomy of judgment: in comparison with other sign language users, the student will be able to measure hs/her competence and to go deep into different levels of expression through imitation - which is one of the basic ways of language learning.
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to communicate clear information on less common and abstract topics related to everyday life or work through the LIS, and to understand technical and moderately complex discussions.
E) Learning skills: the student will be able to improve his / her expressive skills autonomously by referring profitably to the appropriate consultation tools.

Educational objectives

The course aims to provide the student with the basic elements of automatic text processing and an understanding of the IT mechanisms that govern the functioning of the main automatic translation programs, of those necessary for the practice of computer-assisted translation, and of those involved in linguistic research on these programs is founded. The issue of remote translation will also be addressed, through the main videoconferencing systems to address the peculiarities and limitations of the different platforms in the transmission of sign language.
Students at the end of the course
- will have acquired basic knowledge of computational linguistics and the principles on which automatic and assisted translation programs are based
- will have learned the principles and techniques for managing information
- will have acquired skills in the use of computer-assisted translation and terminology management programs
- peculiarities and limits of the various videoconferencing systems declined to the case of deafness and LIS

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: during the internship, the student will have the opportunity to expand the skills learned in a work environment, also through direct mentoring and / or observation of daily practice.
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: the student will have to put into practice what he has learned to the practical situations he will face, making use of LIS / LISt communication strategies and techniques under the guidance of an expert.
C) Autonomy of judgment: the student will be able to make careful and motivated decisions on which are the most appropriate translation and interpretation techniques according to the different situations.
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to explain and motivate the main aspects related to translation and interpretation techniques and will be able to argue their main implications and / or critical issues from an application perspective;
E) Learning skills: the student will learn to use the tools necessary to go deeper into the technical aspects of translation, also by observing what is happening in the surrounding environment and related to the different situations of working life.

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: The student is able to understand a discussion through LIS about both familiar and unfamiliar topics normally faced in life, in social relationships, in study and at work. The understanding of the message could be compromised only by an inadequate discursive structure and / or by the use of idiomatic, or not yet fully encoded, or highly iconic expressions.
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: The student can apply his/her knowledge to communicate clear information on less common and abstract topics related to everyday life or work situations, and to understand technical and moderately complex discussions.
C) Autonomy of judgment: in comparison with other sign language users, the student will be able to measure hs/her competence and to go deep into different levels of expression through imitation - which is one of the basic ways of language learning.
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to communicate clear information on less common and abstract topics related to everyday life or work through the LIS, and to understand technical and moderately complex discussions.
E) Learning skills: the student will be able to improve his / her expressive skills autonomously by referring profitably to the appropriate consultation tools.

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: The student is able to understand a discussion through LIS about both familiar and unfamiliar topics normally faced in life, in social relationships, in study and at work. The understanding of the message could be compromised only by an inadequate discursive structure and / or by the use of idiomatic, or not yet fully encoded, or highly iconic expressions.
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: The student can apply his/her knowledge to communicate clear information on less common and abstract topics related to everyday life or work situations, and to understand technical and moderately complex discussions.
C) Autonomy of judgment: in comparison with other sign language users, the student will be able to measure hs/her competence and to go deep into different levels of expression through imitation - which is one of the basic ways of language learning.
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to communicate clear information on less common and abstract topics related to everyday life or work through the LIS, and to understand technical and moderately complex discussions.
E) Learning skills: the student will be able to improve his / her expressive skills autonomously by referring profitably to the appropriate consultation tools.

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: the student must demonstrate that they have understood the linguistic and communication strategies common to all sign languages.
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: the student will be able to recognize the differences between the foreign sign languages, especially in the formation of lexical units and iconic strategies.
C) Autonomy of judgment: thanks to the acquired knowledge you will be able to identify the communication strategies that lies at the base of the formation of signs in all languages; this will make the student more aware and mature.
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to choose effective communication strategies even in multilingual contexts, and whenever sign language still presents traits of non-standardization.
E) Learning skills: in the absence of codified materials, the student will be able to autonomously manage the production of signs, even consulting materials of different sign languages.

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: the student will have an understanding of the main strategies that allow the transposition of sign language into tactile mode; he/she will be able to understand the principles governing the use of sign language for deafblind people;
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: the student will be able to apply the acquired knowledge to communicate basic information in tactile mode.
C) Autonomy of judgment: the learner will be able to measure his or her ability to transmit the message and its communicative effectiveness.
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to produce and understand through LISt expressions of general use.
E) Learning skills: the student, having learned the main strategies imposed by a different modality of comunication, will be able to improve their expressive skills independently, and will know how to apply them profitably to different kinds of texts.

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: The student will be able to understand enough to be able to follow a broad discourse on abstract and complex topics on most fields, eventually needing some help to clarify peculiar expressions in a linguistic variety he/she is not familiar with. He/she will be able to recognize many idiomatic and slang expressions and to catch changes in the register. He/She will be able to follow a long speech even when not clearly structured and if the relationships remain implicit.
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: The student will be able to apply his/her knowledge to easily follow complex interactions even in group discussions and to identify digressions, colloquial and idiomatic expressions and their possible diatopic varieties.
C) Autonomy of judgment: in comparison with other sign language users, the student will be able to measure their competence and consciously manage numerous and varied levels of linguistic expression.
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to communicate easily through the LIS even in complex interactions in group discussions and to identify digressions, colloquial and idiomatic expressions and their possible diatopic varieties.
E) Learning skills: the student will be able to improve his / her expressive skills autonomously by referring profitably to the appropriate consultation tools.

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: The student will be able to understand enough to be able to follow a broad discourse on abstract and complex topics on most fields, eventually needing some help to clarify peculiar expressions in a linguistic variety he/she is not familiar with. He/she will be able to recognize many idiomatic and slang expressions and to catch changes in the register. He/She will be able to follow a long speech even when not clearly structured and if the relationships remain implicit.
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: The student will be able to apply his/her knowledge to easily follow complex interactions even in group discussions and to identify digressions, colloquial and idiomatic expressions and their possible diatopic varieties.
C) Autonomy of judgment: in comparison with other sign language users, the student will be able to measure their competence and consciously manage numerous and varied levels of linguistic expression.
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to communicate easily through the LIS even in complex interactions in group discussions and to identify digressions, colloquial and idiomatic expressions and their possible diatopic varieties.
E) Learning skills: the student will be able to improve his / her expressive skills autonomously by referring profitably to the appropriate consultation tools.

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: during the internship, the student will have the opportunity to further expand the skills learned in the classroom and in the previous internship experience, also through tutoring and guidance by more experienced staff.
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: the student will have to put into practice what he has learned to the practical situations he will face, making use of LIS / LISt communication strategies and techniques even independently.
C) Autonomy of judgment: thanks to the knowledge acquired, the student will be able to evaluate with a greater degree of confidence which are the most effective translation and interpretation techniques according to the different situations.
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to explain and motivate the aspects related to translation and interpretation techniques and will be able to competently argue their implications and / or critical issues from an application perspective;
E) Learning skills: the student will be able to go deeper into the technical aspects of translation, also based on direct experience and the most diverse applications that are created during the internship.

Educational objectives

For the final exam, the candidate will have to draw up a paper under the guidance of a teacher, in which a specific disciplinary topic is explored also in light of the internship experience addressed in the curricular path. During the discussion there will also be a practical translation test ITA-LIS and LIS-ITA, which can also verify the skills acquired in LISt (Tactile Sign Language), ISL (international sign language) and the translation to and from another language to be chosen from among the four provided in the training offer.
The test is awarded 3 credits.
The final exam is discussed in front of a commission; the practical test is carried out on a text assigned at the time. The text and the methods of interpretation will take into account the internship experiences made by the student during his training. The graduation grade is constructed starting from the weighted average of the courses present in the training course (weighted on 130 credits); the final evaluation of the internship can be evaluated up to 10 points; up to 5 points can be attributed to the final exam

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: The student will be able to understand enough to be able to follow a broad discourse on abstract and complex topics on most fields, eventually needing some help to clarify peculiar expressions in a linguistic variety he/she is not familiar with. He/she will be able to recognize many idiomatic and slang expressions and to catch changes in the register. He/She will be able to follow a long speech even when not clearly structured and if the relationships remain implicit.
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: The student will be able to apply his/her knowledge to easily follow complex interactions even in group discussions and to identify digressions, colloquial and idiomatic expressions and their possible diatopic varieties.
C) Autonomy of judgment: in comparison with other sign language users, the student will be able to measure their competence and consciously manage numerous and varied levels of linguistic expression.
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to communicate easily through the LIS even in complex interactions in group discussions and to identify digressions, colloquial and idiomatic expressions and their possible diatopic varieties.
E) Learning skills: the student will be able to improve his / her expressive skills autonomously by referring profitably to the appropriate consultation tools.

Educational objectives

A) Knowledge and understanding: The student will be able to understand enough to be able to follow a broad discourse on abstract and complex topics on most fields, eventually needing some help to clarify peculiar expressions in a linguistic variety he/she is not familiar with. He/she will be able to recognize many idiomatic and slang expressions and to catch changes in the register. He/She will be able to follow a long speech even when not clearly structured and if the relationships remain implicit.
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: The student will be able to apply his/her knowledge to easily follow complex interactions even in group discussions and to identify digressions, colloquial and idiomatic expressions and their possible diatopic varieties.
C) Autonomy of judgment: in comparison with other sign language users, the student will be able to measure their competence and consciously manage numerous and varied levels of linguistic expression.
D) Communication skills: the student will be able to communicate easily through the LIS even in complex interactions in group discussions and to identify digressions, colloquial and idiomatic expressions and their possible diatopic varieties.
E) Learning skills: the student will be able to improve his / her expressive skills autonomously by referring profitably to the appropriate consultation tools.