Teaching in French sign language (LSF)

Training

What are sign languages (SL)?

These are natural languages spoken by deaf communities. It is important to emphasize that there is not ONE sign language, but several which, for the sake of convenience, are labelled on the basis of the national community. French Sign Language (LSF) for the LS spoken on French territory (...) This is a convenience of denomination, because within LSF itself, for example, there are many regional variations. These variations can be explained by the language's history: having been banned for over a century (1880-1980), there was a break in its transmission and evolution.

Agnès Millet (professor of language sciences at the University of Grenoble III), source culture.gouv.fr

Training

UFR LLASIC is keen to develop teaching of and in French sign language, and offers training courses for all students, deaf and hearing.
Bachelor's degree students will be able to take LSF courses to discover and/or develop skills in this visual language.

In addition, a university diploma (DU) French sign language (LSF) teacher-trainer is provided, mainly for deaf students. The course is designed to train people to become French sign language teacher-trainers. Graduates will then be able to work as LSF trainers in a wide range of teaching structures: associations, training centers, schools/universities, companies, etc.
The 420-hour course, organized around workshops, seminars and practical work, runs from the end of September to June (30 hours a week every three weeks) and includes a two-week internship.

A partnership has also been set up with CNR114 (national emergency call relay center for the deaf, hard-of-hearing, aphasic and people unable to use a telephone) to train deaf and hearing agents working on this platform in the skills (linguistic, professional, emergency, technical) specific to handling SMS and video calls in an emergency context (mainly 15, 17, 18).
Updated May 13, 2024