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Ronald Zapien Date: Sun Sep 20, 1998 2:14 pm Subject: Re: Advanced SignWriting Materials | |
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I just received all the things you sent in the mail Valerie. Thank you. I sat down and initially tried to decode some of the materials using what little knowledge I had (the stuff in the info pack). Wow, I was surprised at how I was able to pick up the code. I send you more input as I have time to look at the materials and work with them. I am also going to use my 8 year old as a guinea pig as well. Ciao, Cheryl Valerie Sutton wrote: > On Wed, 16 Sep 1998 Ben Karlin wrote: > >While it would be invaluable to assemble a team all in one place > >(imagine the intellectual energy in that room!) wouldn't it also be > >possible to take some of the "Performance" and poetry videotapes and > >transcribe them in order to get some of those more copmplex works? > > > >It would be interesting to explore the copyright problems that go along > >with that. I know that captions get a different copyright then the > >script on which they are based. > > > >I can imagine...., oh, some of the Valli poems transcribed for use in > >literature classes, for example, ABC stories, etc etc. Anybody got some > >extra time? > > >Ben Karlin > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 9/19/98 > Hello Ben and Everyone! > You make a great point about the transciption of ASL videos and I hope more > and more of that is done in SignWriting. Actually transcribing video is a > real art. I have done a lot of transcription in my day - especially foreign > signed languages. And the detail is rich with the grammer and syntax of the > language. Oftentimes I go overboard with too many facial expressions when I > transcribe. It all depends on how much detail you want. Since SignWriting > can record mime and gesture, there is no reason why we can't write > everything! > > We have been talking so much about second graders and easy materials, that > some of you may have forgotten my earlier posting in August about some of > our more advanced materials, which are transcribed from videotape. When the > schools feel ready, they are welcome to receive these materials as well. > Here are two of those books: > > 1. "Learn To Read ASL" > Goldilocks, Reading Level 3 > Intermediate ASL Reader & Workbook > > Each frame from the videotaped story of Goldilocks is captured and placed > as a photograph in the book in the sequence of the story. Next to each > photo, is the written SignWriting for the sign. The SignWriting symbols are > color-coded in a unique way, to assist in quick reading. This is an > excellent book for serious SignWriting students. It establishes a firm > foundation for Reading Level 4. Students also write complete ASL sentences > for the first time. Over 40 pages. All photos are of Darline Clark > Gunsauls, who signed the story on the video. > ________________________ > > 2. Goldilocks, Reading Level 4 > Advanced ASL Reader > > Complete story of Goldilocks, based on the videotape: "The SignWriting > Children's Stories Series", signed by Darline Clark Gunsauls. This is a > true study in reading ASL grammar, including classifiers, role shifting, > and eyegaze. All the nuances of ASL were written, showing the visual > accuracy and flexibility of the SignWriting system. It includes over 40 > pages of SignWriting text with colorful illustrations, and an ASL-English > dictionary in the back listing the vocabulary used in Reading Level 4. When > a student can read this book directly in ASL with no hesitation, they are > truly fluent "SignReaders". > > __________________________ > > These two books will be available later this fall - > > All the best - > > Valerie :-) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > Visit the SignWritingSite: > https://www.SignWriting.org > > Valerie Sutton at The DAC > Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting > Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA > (619)456-0098 voice > (619)456-0010 tty > (619)456-0020 fax > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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