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Valerie Sutton Date: Wed Feb 10, 1999 6:21 pm Subject: Re: Children Learning SignWriting | |
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>No one has ever done a study to show that kids can read earlier...... >Pretty interesting research project for someone. > >Joe Martin _________________________________ Yes...because SignWriting is so visual, it may be that learning to read SignWriting is faster to learn for signing children, than learning to read English is for hearing English speaking children. That would be an interesting research project...and I hope someday it can be done...perhaps through the SignWriting Literacy Project in a couple of years. Valerie ':-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton at the DAC Deaf Action Committee for SW SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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