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ABSTRACT This study aims to investigate Sign Language Instructor and Interpreter Education Programmes, based on the use of sign language, in academic and vocational education and training processes. A qualitative research method was used in this study. A semi-structured interview form was prepared and experts’ opinions were canvassed. Twenty participants who had completed the 200-hour training programme organised in Izmir Province by the Ministry of Education, in the Directorate General of Lifelong Learning in 2019 were interviewed face to face. The data were analysed using the NVivo program and obtained under five main themes: professional competence and employment, educational process, assessment, hearing impairment and sign language, interdisciplinary studies and family education.

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