| SignWriting List Archive 1 October 1997 - May 1998 |
February 23, 1998
MESSAGE TO THE SIGNWRITING EMAIL LIST
SUBJECT: Help In Research
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998
From: Charles Butler <chazzer3@erols.com>
Reply-To: chazzer3@erols.com
Organization: Ecumenicon
To: DAC@SignWriting.org
Subject: Flash card teaching technique
In the classes I have taught for the DAC, I created a sequential
series of classes, using ABC (A Basic Course in Manual Communication)
as a guide to vocabulary and keeping the handshapes, movements,
and contacts simplified so that the students would learn from
context.
For example, the first lesson was the index finger and the flat
hand. With these two delimiters there are all the pronouns for
English/ASL including possessives, motion forward (you) , back
(me), in an arc to the front (yours), to the left and forward
(his/hers), wrist turn while in an arc (ours), etc. From that
beginning, one can walk through the basics of handshape, orientation,
movement, and contact with just a few signs and from the very
beginning introduce a way to write as well as sign one's vocabulary.
I have taught this through the mails and have been able to track
student progress. Most of the lessons were passed along to Valerie
Sutton, so even my own hand outs did have critical supervision
and grading.
From the above (albeit brief) description, I can track a student's
vocabulary, their observation skill, and their retention, but
what they can write, what they can reply too, and their own non-verbal
communication skills.
Hope this helps for a very generalized model.
Charles Butler
chazzer3@erols.com
>MESSAGE TO THE SIGNWRITING EMAIL LIST
>Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998
>From: Joe Martin <n9620132@cc.wwu.edu>
>To: SignWriting <DAC@SignWriting.org>
>Subject: Re: Help in Research
>Please post to List:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>to: Charles Butler;
>you said,
>>When I teach sign language, I teach
>>transcription as well, so that when I am not present,
and a student sees
>>a new sign, they can write it on a flash card, practice
it,...
>I am very curious to know exactly how you teach transcription,
and any
>strengths or problems with this technique. How's it work?
Please expand on
>this for us.
>Joe Martin
>WWU, Bellingham, WA