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Trevor Jenkins Date: Thu Dec 3, 1998 3:34 pm Subject: Re: why deaf people didn't learn signwrite? | ||||||||||||||||
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> I read what Lourdes wrote and I have to agree with what she said. We, > profoundly deaf, do have a hard time with grammars, huge vocabulary, etc. I > dont know why is that. I can't say why this is a problem for the Deaf but I do know that it is problem for hearers. My observation may be limited to the British culture. It (my observation) may also be applicable to other cultures too. I am currently learning BSL and have previously learnt Swedish and tentative attempts at New Testament Greek, Russian, Portugese and French. My knowledge of English grammar is non-existent. I was not taught it formally during my "high school" years. What I do know of Engish grammar I have learnt from studying Swedish and those other languages. I do know about grammar as I have studied formal languages as part of my university courses in computing science; why I ever wrote programming language compilers for a living. Whilst learning BSL and also when learning Swedish I too was hampered by a lack of vocabulary. It is certain possible to communicate with English speakers using no more than 2,000 words. I fear that we are all ill-served by our education systems. It does not bode well for the general adoption of SignWriting in the public schools of either of our countries. Regards, Trevor -- <>< Re: deemed! | ||||||||||||||||
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