SPZJINF An Introduction to Sign Languages for Students of Informatics

Pan-university studies
Spring 2012
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.
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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
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2012, recent)
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