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Valerie Sutton Date: Thu Mar 1, 2001 3:44 am Subject: Re: Question for you | ||||||||
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On 2/28/01, Neil Bauman wrote: >I'm wondering if in this particular case, this lady would benefit from >being taught SW now--before worrying about trying to get her to speak and >understand English--then when she can associate the SW "words" with the >objects they represent, she might be better able to transfer those concepts >into learning English words. (Apparently she has been in an institution all >her life.) Any thoughts? Neil SignWriting List February 28, 2001 Hello Everyone, and welcome back, Neil! Nice to hear from you again. And thank you, Stefan, for your answer to Neil's question. Your attached GIF was really darling! I don't think there is any one message that can describe the amount of success some teachers feel about using SignWriting with deaf students. There are happy and successful stories now on a regular basis....Stefan in Germany, has been applying SignWriting in an intense fashion, plus teachers in Albuquerque and Las Cruces, New Mexico have posted very positive messages. I receive daily private messages from countries like Malaysia, Spain, Brazil, Switzerland, Flanders....so many different stories that I lose track these days...so much is happening so quickly! But out of all those stories, I keep thinking of a series of messages on the SW List regarding "teaching SignWriting to the mentally-retarded-deaf"....Teachers Robin Homesley, Denise Larkin, and others have had positive experiences with SignWriting and deaf people who were considered to be slow learners...who can read and write SignWriting well and can even teach SW to their teachers! Plus in Nicaragua, SignWriting was taught to a series of Deaf students who had little or no language at all, and they were teenagers, and now, after several years of signing and learning SignWriting, they are fluent SW readers, writers and typists...something no one could have predicted in the beginning. I would suggest going to the SignWriting List Archives: SignWriting List Archive https://www.egroups.com/group/sw-l/ and type in the search words "mentally retarded". You will find messages 3607, or 4449, 4448, 4447 or 4446...or search for the names of the teachers I mentioned above - you will find the messages in the Archives. I hope you will be brave and suggest SignWriting to this lady's teachers. I am guessing that you will find good results. We have lessons online...the teachers can learn a little themselves and then just try it - they have nothing to lose... SW Lessons Directory https://www.SignWriting.org/lessons/lessons.html Or show the lady our web site yourself....when she sees some SignWriting, she just might become excited and start reading! Is there anyone on the SW List, who has had positive experiences teaching SignWriting to slow learners? It would be great to receive a report of your experiences... Many thanks! -- Val ;-> ----------------------------- Valerie Sutton SignWritingSite: https://www.SignWriting.org SignWriting List Archives: https://www.egroups.com/group/sw-l To post a message to the SW List: | ||||||||
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