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Ronald Zapien Date: Thu Oct 8, 1998 3:49 pm Subject: Re: Writing ASL Grammar | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Thank you. I will examine those things--I guess it's time to purchase the SW dictionary. At some point it would be useful for the teachers among us to develop point 4. Take care, Cheryl Valerie Sutton wrote: > On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Cheryl Zapien wrote: > >Hi folks, this is a copy of an Email Valerie wanted the rest of you to > >check out. Have a good day. Cheryl > >Valerie: > >As you may know, I'm relatively new to ASL. What I'd really love to > >see, and would be willing to purchase is material on ASL grammar in > >signwriting so I can tangibly see it and not try to figure out what's > >happening at lightening finger flashing speed :]. I don't know how you > >feel about this, but I see it as a wonderful way to help folks who are > >learning ASL really take hold of the concepts (like parents). > ________________________ > > Hi Everyone - > There are four reasons why I asked Cheryl to post this question about > writing grammar.... > > 1. There is already one article on writing ASL grammar on our web site: > > Lessons In Writing ASL Grammar > Lesson One: Topic Markers > https://www.SignWriting.org/sw149.html > > 2. I plan to post a second lesson: "Writing ASL Grammar, Lesson 2: Writing > Spatial Comparisons", later this fall. In time there will be ten lessons on > writing ASL grammar posted. > > 3. Those grammar lessons are already included in book form in both the SW > ASL dictionary, and in the Lessons In SW textbook. So if you own those > books I can tell you where to look, and you are always welcome to ask me > questions. > > 4. And most important - of course someday I hope that people skilled in > teaching ASL will develop materials for teaching ASL, using SignWriting. > But right now our materials simply teach SignWriting, not ASL. > > So perhaps some of you are interested in developing materials that teach > ASL using SignWriting? If so, I will give you all the assistance I can... > > So those were my thoughts!! Thanks, Cheryl, for your interesting questions :-) > > All the best - > > Valerie :-) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > Visit the SignWritingSite: > https://www.SignWriting.org > > Valerie Sutton at The DAC > Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting > Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA > (619)456-0098 voice > (619)456-0010 tty > (619)456-0020 fax > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||||||||||||||||||
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