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<P>Hello Shane,</P>
<P>Maybe I already told you, Kristof De Weerdt came to our school to teach us SignWriting, he convinced me to try it in the classroom so I did. I saw it helped to make the lessons about SignLanguage more clear. So I guess it just developed from there on.</P>
<P>greets Kathleen<BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>"Shane Gilchrist O hEorpa" <shane.gilchrist.oheorpa@gmail.com></I><BR>Reply-To: <I>sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</I><BR>To: <I>sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [sw-l] detailed argument for SignWriting to be used in Deaf Education</I><BR>Date: <I>Sat, 28 Jan 2006 16:11:52 +0000</I><BR>>Anny,<BR>><BR>>many many thanks for this! :-) - i look forward to receive it.<BR>><BR>>Thierry, July & Kathleen,<BR>><BR>>how did you get your schools to use SignWriting - for what reasons?<BR>><BR>>Shane<BR>><BR>><BR>>On 27/01/06, Anne-Claude Prélaz Girod <acpg@vtxnet.ch> wrote:<BR>> > did you read Cecilia Flood thesis ?<BR>> > that's a good start about how SW can bring self esteem....<BR>> ><BR>> > I personnally don't have experience
using SW with deaf children but I'm<BR>> > profoundly convinced it can help them acquire litteracy in the oral<BR>> > language... skills in sign language can help deaf children develop better<BR>> > skill in the oral language<BR>> ><BR>> > There are different works on bilingualism (nothing to do with SW BUT... )and<BR>> > the advantage of developping good skills in SL in order to help chiuldren<BR>> > develpop skills in their second language : did you read the different<BR>> > articles of Philip Prinz and Mickael Strong US (I can find the article if<BR>> > you are interested I should have it somewhere in my papers...)<BR>> > Did you also read François Grosjean's works on bilingualism (university of<BR>> > Neuchâtel, Switzerland)... (I have these document in my computer so I can<BR>> > send them to you if
you're interested... just have to check with François<BR>> > (he used to be my teacher) if it's Ok for me to do so!!)<BR>> ><BR>> > both works tend to show how important it is for deaf kids to develop good<BR>> > skills in their first language (SL)....<BR>> ><BR>> > I wrote a short text on using Sw to help deaf children develop litteracy...<BR>> > but it's in french... (you can find it on the www.signwriting.org/swiss...)<BR>> ><BR>> > Hope it helped<BR>> ><BR>> > Anny<BR>> ><BR>> > > De: "Shane Gilchrist O hEorpa" <shane.gilchrist.oheorpa@gmail.com><BR>> > > Répondre à: sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<BR>> > > Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:33:00 +0000<BR>> > > À: SW-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<BR>> > > Objet: [sw-l] detailed argument for SignWriting to be used
in Deaf Education<BR>> > ><BR>> > > hi everyone,<BR>> > ><BR>> > > sorry for not contributing in the past month - as much as I love you<BR>> > > all, work demands my fullest attention of lately!!!<BR>> > ><BR>> > > as some of you know im one of the Trustees for the Deaf School here in<BR>> > > Belfast, im trying to put together a detailed argument why we should<BR>> > > teach sign-writing to deaf children in my School - perhaps you can<BR>> > > tell me why it is important for them to learn this - and for what<BR>> > > purposes?<BR>> > ><BR>> > > Shane xx<BR>> > ><BR>> > ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>><BR>><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></div><br clear=all><hr>Krijg direct antwoord op je vragen: MSN Messenger <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMBNLNL/2728??PS=47575" target="_top">Klik hier</a> </html>