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Valerie Sutton Date: Wed Mar 8, 2000 7:32 pm Subject: Re: Further News from South Africa | |
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On 3/2/00, INGRID FOGGITT wrote: >Of course, they have almost taken over the process themselves and I >am like a `mediator' because they argue for HOURS over the right way >to SignWrite an SASL sign, trying to change it from ASL to SASL. >Amazingly, do you know that there are up to 11 different Sign >Languages in South AFrica??? The regional, racial variations in >Sign Language are enormous so, we can have up to 6 or 7 signs >written in SignWriting for one word!!! The process is going slowly >with what materials we have but it is also going very positively >because some kids are using SW in English, to remember vocabulary. >What I am going to do is a small experiment: I am going to do a >list of vocabulary words (taken out of context of a story, of >course) and we will do the meanings in English, without the SW >additions as well. We will do a test on this. And then, we will >do another list of vocabulary but with the English meanings AND the >SW depiction as well. And then do a test. It will be interesting >to compare the results? -------------------------------- SignWriting List March 8, 2000 Hello SignWriting List, and of course Ingrid! Thank you for the wonderful message above. Sorry I am so behind in commenting on your messages, however I have accomplished a few things on your behalf ;-) 1. I shipped a second box of SignWriting materials to you on March 4th. It will take about 2 weeks. When you receive it, you will have one copy of every publication we have. I hope your students will enjoy translating the materials ;-) 2. I have also posted three of your web pages as you know, starting on this web page: SignWriting In South Africa Directory https://www.SignWriting.org/teach037.html So that is a beginning! Now...your next step, I would guess, is to learn the SignWriter Computer Program. Have you installed it? Is it working? Once you have installed the computer program, I think it would be a great idea to create your vocabulary lists as dictionaries in the SignWriter Computer Program. You could even create many small dictionary files, each one being another vocabulary list. Plus, if your students have access to computers, then you could create a separate dictionary file for each student....or perhaps one separate dictionary file for each of the 11 signed languages you mentioned? Each language could have its own file. Sooo...I will post some information shortly on how you can create separate dictionary files in SignWriter... By the way, my Norwegian friend Ingvild Roald, whom you met, and who has used SignWriting in Norway for over a decade, is really thrilled with your progress, having read about it on the web, and she sends her best wishes to you - As do I! Good luck with your presentation, Ingrid ;-) Val ;-) ------------------------------------ Valerie Sutton SignWritingSite https://www.SignWriting.org SignWriting List Archive https://www.egroups.com/group/sw-l/ Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA |
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