한국수어교육능력시험의 전문용어 수어표현의 적절성 연구

Abstract

This study was conducted to analyze the appropriateness of the sign language expressions of technical terms, focusing on technical terms that appear in the Korean Sign Language Teaching Ability Test. Of the total 490 questions in the Korean Sign Language education theory, Deaf culture and society, Korean Sign Language linguistics, and Korean Sign Language practice 1 and Korean Sign Language practice 2 sections of the Korean Sign Language Teaching Ability Test administered from the 1st to the 5th times, 74 sign language expressions of 47 technical terms were extracted. In order to analyze the appropriateness of the sign language expressions of the technical terms, interviews with field experts were conducted and the appropriateness was calculated as a percentage. In addition, seven criteria for the appropriateness of the sign language expressions of technical terms were proposed. Criteria 1: Avoid explanation of technical terms and maintain simplicity. Criteria 2: First accept terms that have become popular in the Deaf community. Criteria 3: Avoid unreasonable sign language translation and allow fingerspellings. Criteria 4: Avoid mixed expressions of signs and fingerspellings. Criteria 5: Avoid excessive use of explanations and fingerspellings. Criteria 6: Avoid inference of multiple meanings. Criteria 7: Ensure key expressions are included.