The CNLSE participates in the Ibero-American Congress of languages in education and culture.

Madrid, September 2012.- the Centre for linguistic standardisation of the language of signs Spanish, CNLSE, body attached to the Royal Trust for disability, will participate in the Ibero-American Congress of languages in education and culture, which will be held in the Palace of congresses and exhibitions de Castilla y León, Salamanca, from 5 to 7 September.

The Director of the CNLSE, Mª light Esteban, will participate on Thursday 6th at a round table that will address the enormous progress that has recently experienced teaching and the learning of sign language as well as the educational role played by these languages, aspect that has occupied an important role in the educational policies long since.

El principal objetivo de este Congreso Iberoamericano de las Lenguas en la Educación y en la Cultura, convocado por la Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (OEI) y el Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte en el marco de sus respectivos programas para el fortalecimiento de las Lenguas de IberoaméricaWe promote the project of languages in education, as well as delve into the importance of languages as an axis of cultural transmission.

Also, the Congress will serve to deliver the prizes of the Ibero-American contest of scripts for the training of young people in the communicative and cinematographic expression in school age (12-15 years), which involved young deaf and deaf from various countries for preparing scripts and production of short films in sign language. The bases of the contest has been accessible on the website of the Spanish sign language and international sign contest.

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The linguistic standardisation of the language of signs Spanish Center is a publicly owned body integrated in the Royal Trust whose mission is to work for the normalization of the Spanish sign language, acting as a space of reference that ensure its proper use and will help to ensure the linguistic rights of people who use this disability language.