Chosun University Accelerates Development of Sign Language Textbooks for Elementary and Secondary Education

Institute of Language Convergence Hosts Academic Seminar on 'Sign Language and Convergence Studies'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Chosun University is accelerating efforts to create textbooks for deaf students in elementary and secondary schools.

The Language Convergence Research Institute at Chosun University (Director: Professor Choi Youngjoo, Department of English Language and Literature) recently announced on the 29th that it held an academic seminar on the theme of ‘Sign Linguistics and Convergence Research.’

The project being researched by the Language Convergence Research Institute at Chosun University is ‘Development of Language Textbooks for Deaf Elementary and Secondary Students Based on Corpus and Augmented Reality.’

The institute is conducting research aimed at developing language textbooks in Korean Sign Language and English Sign Language, given the current reality that there are no textbooks for deaf students in elementary and secondary schools.

To this end, in the first and second years of research, they plan to collect and transcribe approximately 700 Korean Sign Language discourse materials totaling 300,000 morphemes.

In the third year, they plan to develop a total of four Korean and English textbooks for deaf elementary and secondary students. To support this, the institute regularly holds academic seminars twice a year.

This academic seminar featured presentations and discussions on two topics: ‘Korean Sign Language and Sign Linguistics’ and ‘Sign Language and Technology Convergence,’ with speakers including Dr. Hong Seongeun (Kangnam University), Dr. Byun Gangseok (Kangnam University), Professor Yoon Byeongcheon (Nazarene University), and Professor Kwon Sunbok (Pusan National University).

Additionally, Seokmin Yoon, Chief Researcher of the AI Business Division at TestWorks, introduced the development of Korean Sign Language recognition technology, creating a platform connecting academia, industry, and everyday life.

In the second part, a first-year performance report meeting for the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Institute Support Project was held, during which the current status of 3D character animation production for sign language learning was introduced.

Choi Youngjoo, Director of the Language Convergence Research Institute, said, “I hope that the convergence of Korean Sign Language and technology will contribute to improving the quality of life for the deaf,” and added, “In the short term, I hope this will be a stepping stone toward the Language Convergence Research Institute’s goal of developing augmented reality-based innovative textbooks for the deaf.”

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