Development of a Technology-Assisted Assessment for Sign Language Learning

The goal of a recently concluded project in Switzerland was to pioneer an assessment system for lexical signs Swiss German Sign Language (Deutschschweizerische Gebärdensprache, DSGS) that relies on automatic sign language recognition. gives adult L2 learners DSGS feedback the correctness manual parameters signing (handshape, hand position, location, and movement) isolated they produce. In its initial version, includes subset vocabulary size production test consisting approximately 100 items at CEFR level A1. paper reports process selecting test, compiling training data SLR system, linguistically analyzing errors resulting video recordings.