Toward an Understanding of Sign Language Interpreter Education in Japan

由于新冠肺炎的原因，在上一学年，包括参与者观察在内的所有实地考察工作都被搁置。相反，我集中精力对手语口译员教育培训进行了深入的案头研究。多亏了KAKEN，我买到了一些关于这个话题的关键文本。我还参加了几个在线研究小组和研讨会，涉及聋人研究、手语翻译教育培训和CODA(聋人子女)的经历。在这一年里，我还能够将从以前的实地考察中收集的数据与这项新研究联系起来。

Due to COVID-19, during the previous academic year, all fieldwork including participant observation was placed on hold. Instead, I concentrated my efforts on conducting in-depth desk research on sign language interpreter education training. Thanks to KAKEN, I was able to purchase some key texts on this topic. I also joined several online research groups and workshops related to deaf studies, sign language interpreter education training, and experiences of CODA (children of deaf adults).During this year, I was also able to work on connecting data collected from previous fieldwork to this new study.