Title of article
A dictionary of Astronomy for the French Sign Language (LSF)
Author/Authors
Dominique Proust، نويسنده , , Daniel Abbou، نويسنده , , Nasro Chab، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
Pages
7
From page
483
To page
489
Abstract
Since a few years, the french deaf communauty have access to astronomy at Paris- Meudon observatory through a specific teaching adapted from the French Sign Language (Langue des Signes Fran¸caise, LSF) including direct observations with the observatory telescopes. From this experience, an encyclopedic dictionary of astronomy The Hands in the Stars is now available, containing more than 200 astronomical concepts. Many of them did not existed in Sign Language and can be now fully expressed and explained.
Keywords
Teaching , Deafness , Astronomy
Journal title
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Serial Year
2009
Journal title
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Record number
667575
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