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James Womack Date: Sun Mar 12, 2000 3:47 pm Subject: Re: SignWriting as a gateway? | |
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You outlined the reality very clearly Cecelia. Maybe Mart missed it. Which is better than some folks who opt to refuse to SEE it. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ squirrel (\__/) .~ ~.)) /O O ./ .' {O__, \ / . . ) \ |-| '-' \ ( _( )_.' https://www.education.eku.edu/Sed/faculty/womack/default.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cecelia Smith" To: Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 10:50 AM Subject: Re: SignWriting as a gateway? > writes: > > << And like I said, (just to get back at Cecelia :-)I don't see why SW can't > be English. >> > > Well... Like I said... Signed English isn't. > > It is something that is signed, but it is not English. <smile> It isn't > even really a language, but the sad thing is that is what most deaf kids are > exposed to because the teachers and interpreters use it instead of ASL, which > is a language. But..thats a whole different soap box. > > Personally... I would rather have the teachers use SW and Signed English > rather than Written English and Signed English, because it would at least > give the kids a chance at developing literacy in sign. :) > |
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