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From:
Valerie Sutton Date: Sat Dec 5, 1998 6:24 pm Subject: Literacy Project Description | |
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December 5, 1998 Dear SignWriting List Members: This morning has been busy for a Saturday morning! I received a request for a description of our Literacy Project, so here it is: The SignWriting Literacy Project is pioneering a new concept in Deaf Education. Two residential schools for the deaf, one hearing-impaired mainstreaming program, one private tutoring group, and one homeschool are now participating. Five more schools for the deaf are welcome to join this experimental project in 1999. Newly developed books, videos and software are donated to classes of deaf students. In return, teachers, students and parents provide ideas and feedback. This valuable commentary will be published in an annual SignWriting Literacy Project Report, distributed to educators and freely accessed on the SignWriting Web Site. SignWriting is a way to read, write and type any signed language. All materials donated to the schools are written in American Sign Language (ASL), authored by Deaf native ASL signers. An English translation of the original ASL is included with all publications. The SignWriting videos are taught in ASL with English voiceover. Fluency in reading and writing American Sign Language is used as a bridge to teach written English. Although this is a new project, feedback is already coming in, and the results seem positive. Would you like your school to participate? Write or call for a free packet of information: The SignWriting Literacy Project The DAC * Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting, P.O. Box 517 * La Jolla * CA * 92038-0517 * USA Voice: (619)456-0098 * TTY: (619)456-0010 * Fax: (619)456-0020 Email: * Web: https://www.SignWriting.org _______________________________ Valerie :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton at the DAC Deaf Action Committee for SW SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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