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Valerie Sutton Date: Sat May 8, 1999 1:55 am Subject: Re: Questions About SW | |
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May 7, 1999 Good Evening! Finally answering these questions.... >"Does the DAC staff use sign writing with THEIR kids? Last Tuesday Darline Clark Gunsauls, a DAC member, came to visit me. Darline signed the children's stories video that is featured on our web site right now, in the "Learn To Read ASL" series. Darline and her husband Dave have been involved with SignWriting for years. Darline told me that their daughter Tiffany, who is almost three years old now, goes to bed at night with Darline's Goldilocks book under her arm. So yes, Tiffany is being exposed to SignWriting at a very young age. It will be interesting to see how she develops - she certainly is adorable, that is for sure!! To read the story that Tiffany loves, go to: Goldilocks Basic Storybook https://www.SignWriting.org/sw177.html >Are there general books at bookstores for the public? At the moment, all SignWriting publications are sold through us. You can read about our publications on our web site, and order through the web, or by phone or fax. Or write to me and I can send you our new catalog. However, both Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com are starting to list SignWriting publications on their web sites. Every once in awhile I get a random order from them. So that is a beginning. But truth be told - if you become a SignWriting member it is cheaper to buy through us because we give half price. How do I do that? I print the books myself one by one, and that is how I cut the cost down by half. A little slow, but it works. To read about our publications on the web: SW Catalog Directory https://www.SignWriting.org/sw118.html >How many languages have been translated into or preserved by sign writing? At the moment we are working with 15 signed languages, but I know SignWriting is used in more countries than that. I have received word that people are attempting a little SignWriting in Peru, Japan, Taiwan, Chile, and even Afghanistan - but of course I have no way of knowing how much - it may not be that much - but at least attempts are being made, and it is very kind of people to inform me. Back in the early 1980's, when SignWriting first began in the Danish schools, it spread to Greenland and the Feroe Islands, because the Danish teachers brought SW to isolated schools there. One day I received a small dictionary in Greenland Sign Language written in SignWriting by students - it is a cute little book :-) >Is sign writing used beyond secondary education in the universities? and if >so, what universities are using sign writing and in what way is it being >used?" This one is hard to answer because there are so many things happening. Ingvild Roald already told us a little about the Norwegian schools, and I heard that in Denmark there is a course in SignWriting at the University of Copenhagen, for parents of Deaf children. Years ago I taught at various colleges and universities in the US - we presented ongoing workshops at California State University Northridge, CSUN, and Los Angeles Pierce College in the mid 1980's, for example. SignWriting is also used for research at some universities. And in Brazil, two university groups have used SignWriting, one in computer education and another in dictionary production. If anyone knows of other programs that are happening in SignWriting please tell us about it.... Valerie :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org The DAC, Deaf Action Committee for SW Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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