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Hi Valerie, and others ;)<br>
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Yes, I know Honza and Martin. I am going to cooperate with them.<br>
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I am going to study the Deaf studies. In the Czech Republic there is a
different system of enrolling to an university.<br>
Here in Czech, you have to do a special exam and if you pass the exam
you can study. But sometimes there is a lot of applicants and only
those applicants who get the most points are accepted.<br>
Well, that's not always easy. Deaf studies here in Czech are opened
only every second year. In January the university wanted to accept 15
students, but thanks to the number of applicants (144) and their good
knowledge of the Deaf culture, they increased this number to 30
students. So I hope this year-class will be very strong and it would
help to promote situation of Czech Deafs (because of the well-educated
interpretors, teachers and linguists).<br>
I have done a written part of the exam and next monday I will do a viva
(oral). After the viva, I'll know about my acceptation ;)<br>
There are only two universities which are looking at the deaf people as
they are a minority culture with its own language. It is at the Charles
University (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cuni.cz/UK-1628.html">http://www.cuni.cz/UK-1628.html</a>) where is Deaf studies and
Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts where is Drama education
for the deaf.<br>
People in the Czech don't know about the SignWriting or they are not
interested in it. If I'm accepted I'm going to promote SignWriting at
the university.<br>
I know, there are more applicants interested in SignWriting (For
example Stepanka, who was in Poland and she met Lucyna there), so I
hope these applicants will be accepted with me ;)<br>
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I am 24 next week on sunday. I work as a software developer.<br>
I became interested in the Deaf culture year and half ago. I enrolled a
czech sign language course. After that I've met a lot of people and
became more interested. Honza and I, we made up webpages about the Deaf
and about sign language: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ruce.cz/">http://www.ruce.cz/</a> (sorry, not in english yet)<br>
Year ago, I went to California School for the Deaf, Fremont for 4
months to volunteer and to see a different culture and to learn a
little bit of ASL. And I have been preparing myself for studies since
december.<br>
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There is a lot of issues with SignWriting, where I can participate...<br>
- translation of english materials and manuals about SignWriting<br>
- application of SignWriting on the czech sign language (creation of a
dictionary to show that it is usable)<br>
- promotion SignWriting in czech sign language linguist's quarters and
in the Deaf culture<br>
- publishing news, cartoons, fairy-tales, books and poetry in
SignWriting<br>
- teaching SignWriting at the schools for the deaf<br>
- creation of a Czech language learnbook and other learnbooks written
in SignWriting<br>
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Well, I would like to work with other people, who are interested in
SW... Honza, Martin, Stepanka and others.<br>
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I hope you know more about me now ;o)<br>
<br>
Tomas Klapka<br>
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Valerie Sutton wrote:
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cite="midC81069D4-59DC-4D03-8559-51F6F2AE5E5B@signwriting.org"
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<div>Tomáš Klapka wrote:
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<div style="margin: 0px;">I have just enrolled czech deaf studies
here in Prague and I will study these issues more.<br>
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<div>Hello Tomas!</div>
<div>Welcome to the SignWriting List. We have been talking so much
about other things, and sometimes things get a little scattered with
many ideas being thrown around...so before we get confused
again...smile...I want you to know we are happy to have so many people
from the Czech Republic on the SignWriting List. I assume you know the
others who are adding signs to the Czech SignPuddle on the web? Have
you tried to add a few signs there?</div>
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<div>Czech Sign language</div>
<div><a href="http://www.SignBank.org/signpuddle/sgn-CZ">http://www.SignBank.org/signpuddle/sgn-CZ</a></div>
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<div>If not, I can teach you how if you would like...</div>
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<div>Tell us a little about yourself? You are a student of Deaf
studies? Did you hear about SignWriting in your class?</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">Val ;-)</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">Valerie Sutton</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"
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href="mailto:Sutton@SignWriting.org">Sutton@SignWriting.org</a></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">1. SignWritingSite</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="text-decoration: underline;"><a
href="http://www.SignWriting.org">http://www.SignWriting.org</a></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">Read & Write Sign Languages</div>
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<div style="margin: 0px;">2. SignBankSite</div>
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style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.SignBank.org">http://www.SignBank.org</a></span></div>
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