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"Kimberly A. Martinez" Date: Thu Aug 20, 1998 1:49 am Subject: INTRODUCTION | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Good Evening. My name is Kim Martinez and I have been a member of the Sign Writing List for a few months and thought I would finally introduce myself and ask for some help. I am pursuing my Masters degree in Education at the College of Santa Fe. I will begin work on my thesis soon and I would like some information from anyone who has some to pass along. Background: My Masters is in Education and our Program focuses on At-Risk Youth -- my concentration is Bilingual/Mulitcultural Education. I have a BS in Sign Langague Interpreting and Psychology and as my forgein language requirment ASL. I have been considering as my thesis topic an ESL (English as a Second Language) Cirriculum for Deaf students and I wanted to include in this cirriculum Sign Writing as the literacy component which is usually missing from Deaf education. This topic is not final -- as it has to pass my committee first. I understand that Sign Writing is being introduced into schools this fall in order to bring literacy to Deaf students by first using their language (what a concept - ha ha). I would like to know how the Literacy Project progresses in the various schools. I would like to know if anyone has developed an ESL or Bilingual Cirrciulum for Deaf students or knows of someone who has? I would like to enhance what has already been done, if anything. I would also like to know more about Sign Wriring. Is all of the information on the Web Page or is there other information that I can get? Oh yeah, the cirriculum is for elementary (grades 3-4). I would appreciate any information that anyone may have. Thank you for your time. Kim (P.S. Please ignore any spelling errors -- I am a horrible speller and I am using a old verision of Eduora. Thanks.) ******************** Kimberly A. Martinez Ph: 505-474-5369 Fax: 505-424-6915 ******************** | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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