receptive vs. expressive - history?

[MARIA AZZOPARDI]

Thank you Valerie and Charles for your answers :)
have a nice day
maria

> For me, I learned receptive first, so it was literally "write what you
> see" when you are seeing someone else's hands.  Then when they switched, I
> considered it an extension.  I just teach "write what you see".  Then
> receptive is for transcribing something brand new if you don't know the
> meaning, and then expressive when you have moved it to your own hands.
>  Expressive has become the standard for the dictionaries and most usage.
>  Dance writing is still, apparently, receptive.  It took me hours to
> transcribe video tape because I think to write what someone else is doing,
> and then reverse it to my hands is the challenge.
> Charles
>
> --- On Tue, 10/20/09, MARIA AZZOPARDI <maria.azzopardi at um.edu.mt> wrote:
>
> From: MARIA AZZOPARDI <maria.azzopardi at um.edu.mt>
> Subject: [sw-l] receptive vs. expressive - history?
> To: "SignWriting List" <sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 5:13 PM
>
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering what to do with the receptive and expressive view points,
> when teaching signwriting.
>
> As teachers of signwriting, would you include this explanation - or would
> presenting the two possibilities create a problem that might not be there.
>
> I've found that when I explain how to signwrite the different orientations
> I explain the 'expressive viewpt' and never include the receptive view, so
> as not to 'teach' them something that I will later have to unteach.
>
> do you find that explaining the expressive view and leaving out the
> 'receptive' writing, acceptable?
>
> thanks
> Maria
>
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