CST:SPZJINF Sign languages in informatics - Course Information

SPZJINF An Introduction to Sign Languages for Students of Informatics

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Jan Fikejs (lecturer)
RNDr. Jiří Glozar (lecturer)
PhDr. Petr Peňáz (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Tomáš Sklenák (lecturer)
PaedDr. Bc. Roman Vojtechovský (lecturer)
Bc. Mgr. Alexandr Zvonek, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Petr Peňáz
Support Centre for Students with Special Needs
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Tomáš Sklenák
Supplier department: Support Centre for Students with Special Needs

Prerequisites (in Czech)

(! SPZJLNG Sign languages in linguistics )&&(!NOWANY( SPZJLNG Sign languages in linguistics ))

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Applied Informatics (programme FI, B-AP)
• Applied Informatics (programme FI, N-AP)
• Applied Informatics (programme FI, Rig-AP)
• Information Technology Security (programme FI, N-IN)
• Information Technology Security (programme FI, Rig-IN)
• Bioinformatics (programme FI, B-AP)
• Bioinformatics (programme FI, N-AP)
• Bioinformatics (programme FI, Rig-AP)
• Information Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Information Systems (programme FI, Rig-IN)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-FY)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-IO)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-MA)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-TV)
• Informatics (eng.) (programme FI, D-IN4) (2)
• Informatics (programme FI, D-IN4) (2)
• Informatics (programme FI, Rig-IN)
• Public Administration Informatics (programme FI, B-AP)
• Mathematical Informatics (programme FI, B-IN)
• Parallel and Distributed Systems (programme FI, B-IN)
• Parallel and Distributed Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Parallel and Distributed Systems (programme FI, Rig-IN)
• Computer Graphics and Image Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
• Computer Graphics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Graphics (programme FI, Rig-IN)
• Computer Networks and Communication (programme FI, B-IN)
• Computer Networks and Communication (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Networks and Communication (programme FI, Rig-IN)
• Computer Systems and Technologies (eng.) (programme FI, D-IN4) (2)
• Computer Systems and Technologies (programme FI, D-IN4) (2)
• Computer Systems and Data Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
• Computer Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Systems (programme FI, Rig-IN)
• Embedded Systems (eng.) (programme FI, N-IN)
• Programmable Technical Structures (programme FI, B-IN)
• Embedded Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Embedded Systems (programme FI, Rig-IN)
• Service Science, Management and Engineering (eng.) (programme FI, N-AP)
• Service Science, Management and Engineering (programme FI, N-AP)
• Service Science, Management and Engineering (programme FI, Rig-AP)
• Social Informatics (programme FI, B-AP)
• Theoretical Informatics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Theoretical Informatics (programme FI, Rig-IN)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, N-FY)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, N-GK)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, N-MA)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, N-SS) (2)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, N-TV)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, Rig-SSFI)
• Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
• Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (programme FI, N-IN)
• Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (programme FI, Rig-IN)
• Image Processing (programme FI, N-AP)
• Image Processing (programme FI, Rig-AP)

Course objectives

The students will acquire basic information about sign language, its structure and grammar, and the Deaf culture. The aim is a comprehesion of software applications related to sign languages and their presentation.

Syllabus

• Introduction to sign language
• The use of the three-dimensional space
• Non-manual means
• Classifiers and simultaneity in Czech sign language
• The Deaf culture
• Sign language notation
• The SignWriting Notation system
• Lexicography of sign language
• Technical devices for recording SL
• Online interpreting into SL
• Visualization of speech - the Polygraf system
• Automatic speech recognition The synthesis of SL

Teaching methods (in Czech)

Přednáška a e-learning.

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Zápočet je udělen na základě výsledků průběžných testů, úkolů v e-learningovém kurzu a závěrečného testu na konci semestru.

Language of instruction

Czech Sign Language

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Minimální počet studentů: 5

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2012, recent)
  
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