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"Karlin, Ben" Date: Tue Nov 3, 1998 5:29 pm Subject: Re: a "proper" suggestion | ||||||||
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James, I wonder if sets of rubber stamps of SW symbols would be useful to your kids. I haven't got any idea how they are made or by who or at what cost.... But it would eliminate some of the problems of production. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ben Karlin Staff Interpreter for the Deaf, St Louis Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center 5300 W Arsenal St, St Louis, MO 63139-1494 Phone 314 644-8270 V/TTY | Fax 314 644-8115 ---------- > From: Judy Kegl > To: SignWriting List > Subject: Re: a "proper" suggestion > Date: Monday, 02 November, 1998 11:46PM > > > The students in Bluefields do not yet use SW between themselves. They are > at the reading level, but not the production (writing) level. Anselmo uses > it, but no one else as yet. The students spend substantial time reading > our texts, and this gives them whole word recognition. For the advanced > students, we have them learn how to type SW on the computer. This entails > hours of practice, as you can imagine. The next step is to use good old > fashioned pencil and paper. It is a process. > Ultimately, I believe that many of the students will use SW to communicate > with each other. We are ready to start experimenting with that next > session. It is all a step by step process -- just like learning to read > and write english. I am bemused by the frustration some of the > contributors to SW's computer chat line seem to express. It seems parents > or teachers who try to teach children SW expect instant gratification. | ||||||||
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