<PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333">Hello Bernadet<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333">I am happy to write to you , I want to Know witch school of deaf you talking about because I worked in Al ammal school for deaf in alquisema (now moved to jabal el wibedah) <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>and we used sign language<o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE><PRE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333">Thanks <o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></PRE><TT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Mohammad <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></TT><BR><BR><B><I>slling-l-request@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Send SLLING-L mailing list submissions to<BR>slling-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<BR><BR>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR>http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/slling-l<BR>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR>slling-l-request@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<BR><BR>You can reach the person managing the list at<BR>slling-l-owner@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<BR><BR>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>than "Re: Contents of SLLING-L digest..."<BR><BR><BR>Today's Topics:<BR><BR>1. Re: Dissertation Posted, Statistical Studies, Saudi Arabia<BR>and Jordan (Valerie Sutton)<BR><BR><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 1<BR>Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007
07:41:23 -0700<BR>From: Valerie Sutton <SUTTON@SIGNWRITING.ORG><BR>Subject: Re: [SLLING-L] Dissertation Posted, Statistical Studies,<BR>Saudi Arabia and Jordan<BR>To: "A list for linguists interested in signed languages"<BR><SLLING-L@MAJORDOMO.VALENCIACC.EDU><BR>Message-ID: <CABB3CDF-B92E-42A5-A8B8-002B6E83C771@SIGNWRITING.ORG><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed<BR><BR>On Sep 25, 2007, at 3:18 AM, Bernadet Hendriks wrote:<BR>> Hi Gerard,<BR>> I must admist I didn't read through the entire PhD (certainly not <BR>> because most of it is still in Arabic and it would take me a lot of <BR>> time trying to read through it), but I skimmed through the English <BR>> translation. However I know from my experience of 6 years in Jordan <BR>> working with the Deaf that these al-Amal schools don't normally use <BR>> sign language...so my remark is more than just speculation. Also, <BR>> I'm not saying sign writing might not
have been useful (I think it <BR>> could be very useful and I tried myself to teach it to a few Deaf <BR>> people in Jordan), but I am saying that I doubt these better <BR>> results stem from the use of sign writing only. If sign writing was <BR>> used, that means sign language was used, and that in itself may <BR>> have caused better results in the students. In the school where I <BR>> worked in Jordan bilingual education was introduced as a test and <BR>> this caused significantly better results in the reading skills of <BR>> students...without the use of sign writing.<BR>> Greetings,<BR>> Bernadet<BR><BR><BR>Hello Bernadet and Gerard -<BR><BR>Your comments are important, Bernadet, because I also wondered about <BR>the level of Sign Language skills of the students to begin with, so <BR>this is good that you bring this up. Since you worked in Jordan <BR>yourself for 6 years, you are coming from a position of knowledge <BR>that most
commentators would not have...and I am happy to know you <BR>even tried some SignWriting in Jordan with your Deaf friends <BR>there...smile...<BR><BR>I believe that both control groups were using some kind of signed <BR>language, and the only difference was that one group used SignWriting <BR>and the other group did not, however, I will check this with Dr. <BR>AbuShaira. It is very possible, that they were all orally trained <BR>Deaf students before the test...that is possible...which would mean <BR>they all were new to signing...and that is important information to <BR>know, you are right...<BR><BR>Did you know that Dr. AbuShaira also conducted the same kind of study <BR>in 2002 at a school in Saudi Arabia?...The results were highly in <BR>SignWriting's favor and the reaction from the school administrators <BR>and teachers is what really amazed me...so positive...This 16-page <BR>report on the Study in Saudi Arabia has been translated in its <BR>entirety, so no worries
about learning to read Arabic:<BR><BR>SignWriting Research Study Saudi Arabia 2002, English Translation <BR>from Arabic<BR>http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs5/sw0487-AbuShairaSWStudy2002- <BR>English.pdf<BR><BR>So now the question is...Was the school in Saudi Arabia also oral to <BR>begin with? I do not know and I will try to find out...<BR><BR>Obviously we need many more research studies, in multiple cultures, <BR>and in other circumstances. One or two studies, are not enough, even <BR>at best...<BR><BR>A similar study on SignWriting was done in Nicaragua with the Deaf <BR>students in Bluefields, Nicaragua. Those students were definitely not <BR>orally trained... They only knew their unique sign language......That <BR>study is on the web, and Dr. AbuShaira points to it in his dissertation:<BR><BR>Literacy In Nicaraguan Sign Language<BR>Assessing "Written Sign" Recognition Skills<BR><BR>...Janice Gangel-Vasquez 1997...<BR>California State University Dominguez
Hills<BR>http://www.signwriting.org/forums/research/rese003.html<BR><BR><BR>Thanks again for your comments...<BR><BR>Val ;-)<BR><BR>Valerie Sutton<BR>Sutton@SignWriting.org<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>------------------------------<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>SLLING-L mailing list<BR>SLLING-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<BR>http://majordomo.valenciacc.edu/mailman/listinfo/slling-l<BR><BR><BR>End of SLLING-L Digest, Vol 2, Issue 38<BR>***************************************<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>
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