The Metodo VISTA is a video course consisting of a Teacher’s Book and a Teacher’s Video, a Student’s Book and a Student’s Video. It is based on the book “Signing Naturally” for the teaching of American Sign Language written by Chery Smith, Ella Mae Lentz and Ken Mikos, and has been adapted for the teaching of LIS. Thus the first, second and third volume are intended for teachers who wish to teach LIS and for students who want to learn it. Its aim is to help teachers organize a series of lessons divided into three different levels of language learning. The Metodo VISTA leads the students who know nothing about deafness or Sign Language to interact with deaf people in a wide range of situations. The knowledge of the culture of the deaf is an integral part of the programme. It is also taught by the presentation of native signers who show cultural and linguistic behaviour in various situations in a video.
Emanuela Cameracanna, Maria Luisa Franchi. 2006. Metodo Vista – Teaching Sign Language in Italy. In Proceedings of the LREC2006 2nd Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Lexicographic Matters and Didactic Scenarios, pages 96–99, Genoa, Italy. European Language Resources Association (ELRA).
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@inproceedings{cameracanna:06020:sign-lang:lrec,
author = {Cameracanna, Emanuela and Franchi, Maria Luisa},
title = {Metodo Vista -- Teaching Sign Language in {Italy}},
pages = {96--99},
editor = {Vettori, Chiara},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {LREC2006} 2nd Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Lexicographic Matters and Didactic Scenarios},
maintitle = {5th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation ({LREC} 2006)},
publisher = {{European Language Resources Association (ELRA)}},
address = {Genoa, Italy},
day = {28},
month = may,
year = {2006},
language = {english},
url = {https://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/lrec/pub/06020.pdf}
}