バヌアツにおける初の国立手話に向けて
Angelinah Eldads Vira1, Leniker Thomas2, Rachel Miles3
1Ministry of Education and Training, Vanuatu, University of Newcastle, Australia.
Te Reo : proceedings of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand
|December 23, 2025
まとめ
バヌアツは、ろう児を支援するために初の国立手話を開発しています。この取り組みは、言語アクセスとコミュニティの集いの場を確立し、将来の世代のための世代間の伝達を促進することを目的としています。
科学分野:
- 言語学
- ろう者学
- 社会言語学
背景:
- バヌアツには現在、国立手話がなく、ろう教育におけるエビデンスギャップが生じています。
- バヌアツのろう児のほとんどは、手話能力のない健聴者の家庭に生まれています。
- 歴史的に、バヌアツのろう者コミュニティは、言語発達と伝達のための専用スペースを欠いていました。
研究 の 目的:
- バヌアツにおける国立手話確立に向けた協力的な取り組みを報告すること。
- バヌアツのろう者人口の言語アクセスを改善すること。
- 手話の世代間伝達を促進すること。
主な方法:
- バヌアツの各州のろう者が使用する手話のコーパスを構築すること。
- 国立手話辞書に含める手話をコーパスから選択すること。
- 選択された手話を教育者や障害者団体に配布し、公立学校で使用できるようにすること。
主要な成果:
- バヌアツ手話の文書化と標準化に向けた複数段階のプロジェクトが進行中です。
- 公立学校で手話を教えるための教育者の育成に重点が置かれています。
- このプロジェクトは、ろう者のための重要な言語リソースとコミュニティハブを作成することを目的としています。
結論:
- 国立手話の確立は、バヌアツのろう児の言語的および社会的発達にとって極めて重要です。
- 手話へのアクセスを提供することは、将来の世代のろう者を力づけるでしょう。
- この取り組みは、言語的および文化的な継続性に不可欠な、ろう者コミュニティの集いの場の創設を支援します。
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