Paul Michaels
@drpaulam.bsky.social
Work: Interpreter, researcher, supervisor & assessor. Researcher (Phd) interests: Sign Language, Sign Language Interpreting, Gender & Work, Supervision, Deaf LGBT+
Fingerspelling as a pathway to deaf children’s reading: a scoping review academic.oup.com/jdsde/articl...
December 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Fingerspelling as a pathway to deaf children’s reading: a scoping review academic.oup.com/jdsde/articl...
Journal article: 'Physiotherapists’ perceptions regarding the challenges faced by patients with deafness in accessing rehabilitative care in South Africa.' tinyurl.com/37b8bamf
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October 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Journal article: 'Physiotherapists’ perceptions regarding the challenges faced by patients with deafness in accessing rehabilitative care in South Africa.' tinyurl.com/37b8bamf
'Interpreting for deaf children in health care settings: An exploration of challenges and strategies' - a new publication by two UK colleagues, Naomi Cherubin and Rachel Mapson. goo.gl/scholar/ardbtp
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October 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
'Interpreting for deaf children in health care settings: An exploration of challenges and strategies' - a new publication by two UK colleagues, Naomi Cherubin and Rachel Mapson. goo.gl/scholar/ardbtp
Day 2 of SLCVC at University of Birmingham.
August 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Day 2 of SLCVC at University of Birmingham.
Now time for the interesting posters at SLCVC.
August 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Now time for the interesting posters at SLCVC.
Earlier this year I had the honour of being asked to be on the ‘Interpreters Workshop’ podcast hosted by Tim Curry. You can listen to the episodes (IW147 - 150) on the website (interpretersworkshop.com/podcast) or through Spotify (open.spotify.com/playlist/6j5...).
August 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Earlier this year I had the honour of being asked to be on the ‘Interpreters Workshop’ podcast hosted by Tim Curry. You can listen to the episodes (IW147 - 150) on the website (interpretersworkshop.com/podcast) or through Spotify (open.spotify.com/playlist/6j5...).
Great weekend in Paris attending @eflsi training on IS at INJS.
March 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Great weekend in Paris attending @eflsi training on IS at INJS.
For all the sociologists out there…
March 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
For all the sociologists out there…
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Deadlines for abstracts for the first ever Sign Language Contact, Variation and Change conference at @unibirmingham.bsky.social is 30 March!
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SLCVC2025 Conference
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March 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Deadlines for abstracts for the first ever Sign Language Contact, Variation and Change conference at @unibirmingham.bsky.social is 30 March!
sites.google.com/view/slcvc-w...
sites.google.com/view/slcvc-w...
Living in Thailand I can use Google Translate between Thai and English. When it comes to Thai Sign Language, I have to rely on IS. Thankfully I am doing the @efsli IS training!
February 13, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Living in Thailand I can use Google Translate between Thai and English. When it comes to Thai Sign Language, I have to rely on IS. Thankfully I am doing the @efsli IS training!
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Presented (remotely) at #TISLR15 on how to find continuer backchannels in Swedish Sign Language corpus data from distributional patterns.
Slides are available at borstell.github.io/presentation... but for the full picture, please the published paper in the quoted post:
bsky.app/profile/cbor...
Slides are available at borstell.github.io/presentation... but for the full picture, please the published paper in the quoted post:
bsky.app/profile/cbor...
✨️ Also new paper 📄 🐦🐦
Are there dedicated continuers (generic backchannels in conversation) in Swedish Sign Language? Can we identify potential continuers from corpus data? Do they have special form characteristics?
Yes, yes and yes!
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
Are there dedicated continuers (generic backchannels in conversation) in Swedish Sign Language? Can we identify potential continuers from corpus data? Do they have special form characteristics?
Yes, yes and yes!
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
Finding continuers in Swedish Sign Language
In this paper, I use methods from corpus linguistics and computer vision to find candidates for continuers – that is, conversational markers that signal comprehension and encouragement to the primary...
www.degruyter.com
January 16, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Presented (remotely) at #TISLR15 on how to find continuer backchannels in Swedish Sign Language corpus data from distributional patterns.
Slides are available at borstell.github.io/presentation... but for the full picture, please the published paper in the quoted post:
bsky.app/profile/cbor...
Slides are available at borstell.github.io/presentation... but for the full picture, please the published paper in the quoted post:
bsky.app/profile/cbor...
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New article is out! What's the right to learn sign language and a right to education in sign language worth, if you don't have the right to access or interact with other people who speak the same language? (with Johan Hjulstad, Ingjerd L. Ødemark and Patrick Kermit) doi.org/10.18061/dsq...
Where Can I Sign My Language?: A Systematic Literature Review (2000–2019) of Young People's Access to Sign Language Socialisation Spaces in the Nordic Countries
| Disability Studies Quarterl...
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December 16, 2024 at 9:15 AM
New article is out! What's the right to learn sign language and a right to education in sign language worth, if you don't have the right to access or interact with other people who speak the same language? (with Johan Hjulstad, Ingjerd L. Ødemark and Patrick Kermit) doi.org/10.18061/dsq...
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I've only just gone and created an Interpreting Starter Pack. Here's hoping it will grow.
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November 26, 2024 at 10:31 AM
I've only just gone and created an Interpreting Starter Pack. Here's hoping it will grow.
#1nt
bsky.app/starter-pack...
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1° CONFERENCIA LATINOAMERICANA Y CARIBEÑA DE TRADUCTORES, INTÉRPRETES Y
GUÍAS INTÉRPRETES DE LENGUAS DE SEÑAS
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA 2025 waslilac2025.ar
GUÍAS INTÉRPRETES DE LENGUAS DE SEÑAS
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA 2025 waslilac2025.ar
Conferencia Regional de Traductores, Intérpretes y Guía Intérpretes 2025 | waslilac2025
Conferencia Regional de Traductores, Intérpretes y Guía Intérpretes 2025
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November 26, 2024 at 5:46 PM
1° CONFERENCIA LATINOAMERICANA Y CARIBEÑA DE TRADUCTORES, INTÉRPRETES Y
GUÍAS INTÉRPRETES DE LENGUAS DE SEÑAS
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA 2025 waslilac2025.ar
GUÍAS INTÉRPRETES DE LENGUAS DE SEÑAS
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA 2025 waslilac2025.ar
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Our previous @justisigns2 project led to recommendations for specific funded services to support violence against deaf women and girls: www.gov.scot/binaries/con...
BSL version of the report: youtu.be/QSQgj0e1LUE?...
BSL version of the report: youtu.be/QSQgj0e1LUE?...
www.gov.scot
November 28, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Our previous @justisigns2 project led to recommendations for specific funded services to support violence against deaf women and girls: www.gov.scot/binaries/con...
BSL version of the report: youtu.be/QSQgj0e1LUE?...
BSL version of the report: youtu.be/QSQgj0e1LUE?...
SignHealth are looking for a new Chief Executive: www.signhealth-ceo.co.uk
Welcome
www.signhealth-ceo.co.uk
November 22, 2024 at 2:20 PM
SignHealth are looking for a new Chief Executive: www.signhealth-ceo.co.uk
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RIT/NTID’s Certificate in International Sign Interpreting launches Feb 2025! 🌍 Open to Deaf & hearing interpreters.
REMINDER: Applications close 30 Nov 2024!
Learn more: www.rit.edu/ntid/aslie/c...
REMINDER: Applications close 30 Nov 2024!
Learn more: www.rit.edu/ntid/aslie/c...
November 19, 2024 at 6:22 AM
RIT/NTID’s Certificate in International Sign Interpreting launches Feb 2025! 🌍 Open to Deaf & hearing interpreters.
REMINDER: Applications close 30 Nov 2024!
Learn more: www.rit.edu/ntid/aslie/c...
REMINDER: Applications close 30 Nov 2024!
Learn more: www.rit.edu/ntid/aslie/c...
New to BlueSky. Want to read a summary of my PhD in one page? Here is an image. For a full version, please visit etheses.dur.ac.uk/15205/
November 18, 2024 at 8:44 PM
New to BlueSky. Want to read a summary of my PhD in one page? Here is an image. For a full version, please visit etheses.dur.ac.uk/15205/