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Valerie Sutton Date: Wed May 5, 1999 2:48 pm Subject: Re: Questions About SW | |
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Ingvild Roald wrote: >Well, as for Sign Language and National Language taught as separate >subjects, with translations between them, Sweden and Norway are >doing this throughout their school system. Sweden has for years, >Norway only started in 1997. > >But in Norway, in upper secondary, we have been teaching Norwegian >Sign Language as a separate subject since the late 1980s, and with >some Sign Writing as part of the curriculum, for deaf students. > >My best to you all, > >Ingvild ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you, Ingvild, for this information. Norway and other Scandinavian countries were way ahead of the American schools, when it comes to bilingual education for deaf students. I am curious about the "upper secondary" schools that you mention - how old are the students at that level? Is the SignWriting used for vocabulary lists, or are students reading literature in Norwegian Sign Language? Valerie :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org The DAC, Deaf Action Committee for SW Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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