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I live in Canberra, and the local technical college that teaches Auslan (Australian sign language) has decided not to run a "bridging" course next year. {I'll explain what a bridging course is at the end}
I'm trying to fight this decision (The local government, who fund the college, list the Auslan course as a "training priority", yet the college says there's not enough people - they changed the requirements from 8 students to 12 for 2006. There are 10 students interested. It really sounds like :bsflag: to me!)
So please send me good thoughts! I'm organising a letter-writing campaign and trying to raise awareness of this issue with Deaf organisations throughout Australia.
While Australia isn't desperately short of interpreters, a recent report found that people sometimes have to delay seeing a doctor because they can't find a suitably-qualified interpreter, and of course might not want to use a family member. And there are many more female interpreters than male - and I'd like to make it a bit more balanced
Background
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If you want to learn Auslan as a hearie, and you don't grow up using the language, you can either go to university after high school, or,you can enter the "vocational' or "technical" education path.
This is the path I've taken, and it starts out with four "certificate" level courses, 1 to 4, each getting more complex. After that, there are diplomas and advanced diplomas. This "bridging" course I'm fighting to keep is a year-long course to prepare us for the Auslan diploma; it's a year long because the course is part time. All the people who want to do the course work full-time.
(((((Sorry, I know I use too many brackets! It's just me ))))))
So anyway, as I said, please send good thoughts over here. We have until mid-January to try to change the decision.
-N
I'm trying to fight this decision (The local government, who fund the college, list the Auslan course as a "training priority", yet the college says there's not enough people - they changed the requirements from 8 students to 12 for 2006. There are 10 students interested. It really sounds like :bsflag: to me!)
So please send me good thoughts! I'm organising a letter-writing campaign and trying to raise awareness of this issue with Deaf organisations throughout Australia.
While Australia isn't desperately short of interpreters, a recent report found that people sometimes have to delay seeing a doctor because they can't find a suitably-qualified interpreter, and of course might not want to use a family member. And there are many more female interpreters than male - and I'd like to make it a bit more balanced
Background
-----------
If you want to learn Auslan as a hearie, and you don't grow up using the language, you can either go to university after high school, or,you can enter the "vocational' or "technical" education path.
This is the path I've taken, and it starts out with four "certificate" level courses, 1 to 4, each getting more complex. After that, there are diplomas and advanced diplomas. This "bridging" course I'm fighting to keep is a year-long course to prepare us for the Auslan diploma; it's a year long because the course is part time. All the people who want to do the course work full-time.
(((((Sorry, I know I use too many brackets! It's just me
))))))So anyway, as I said, please send good thoughts over here. We have until mid-January to try to change the decision.
-N