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Valerie Sutton Date: Mon Jan 24, 2000 5:36 pm Subject: SignWriting in Switzerland | ||||||||||||
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>From: "Akehurst" Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 17:41:13 -0500 >As well, I've been in contact with a family that recently moved to >Zurich (I think!) because of family responsibilities. The daughter >(12) is profoundly deaf and the family is now homeschooling (we >homeschool our son which made for this link-up) as the children's >languages are Sign and English. The mother was commenting on how >they did a project on birds and the daughter would write out the >signs for her reports which immediately prompted me to write them and >direct them to the SW site!! They went immediately and have been >back in touch with me to say how wonderful they think it is. >Wouldn't that be great if, via them, SW could be introduced over >there?? I'm sure it will happen... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear SignWriting List, and Kathy! Thanks for your great report, Kathy.... That is great, that you have friends using some SignWriting in Switzerland. Of course Swiss-German Sign Language is different than ASL... but I bet their deaf daughter will pick up Swiss-German Sign Language quickly. In regards to SignWriting in Switzerland, there is one research project that is using SignWriting now. In 1999 they started the large project of translating the Lessons In SignWriting textbook into Swiss-German and Swiss German Sign Language. The project has two offices, one in Zurich, and one in Basel. I do not know if the project is continuing or not, but I believe it is. I believe they are creating a dictionary. For some accurate information, I think you should contact the director of the project: Dr. Penny Boyes Braem Forschungszentrum fuer Gebaerdensprache Lerchenstrasse 56 CH-4059 Basel, Switzerland Email: OR: The office in Zurich: Gebaerdensprach-Datenbank Oerlikonerstrasse 98 8057 Zuerich/Schweiz Email: Please tell your friends in Switzerland about this...I hope you will keep us informed about what happens! Best - Val ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton at the DAC Deaf Action Committee for SignWriting 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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