<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV class="Section1"></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV>SignWriting List</DIV><DIV>November 19, 2006<SPAN lang="EN-CA" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 52px;"><B></B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Andre Thibeault wrote:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="text-indent: 48px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 34.7px;"><B>And now, I ask you all, do you own a SW Textbook with all or more illustrations ?, because if you did, it could help Deaf professionals better understand the above.</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-indent: 0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 34.7px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-indent: 48px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 34.7px;"><B>Best regards,</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-indent: 0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 34.7px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 34.7px;"><B>André Thibeault</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="text-indent: 48px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 34.7px;"><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 52px;"><B>------------------</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Hello Andre!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thank you for sharing with us....and your question is a good one!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV><B>Five points...</B></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><B>1.</B> I agree there should be more illustrations in the old Lessons in SignWriting textbook...No one would disagree with that! But I appreciate it, that Anny took the time to translate it into French...thank you for your hard work, Anny!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV><B>2. Yes...</B><B>There are 2 OTHER textbooks with better illustrations, but the 2 books are NOT in French:</B></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>SignoEscritura, by Steve and Dianne Parkhurst</DIV><DIV>in Spanish and Madrid Sign Language</DIV><DIV>There is also an English translation of this book.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>You can download chapters from SignoEscritura on the web:</DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.SignWriting.org/spain">http://www.SignWriting.org/spain</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>and</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Handbuch zur GebaerdenSchrift, by Stefan Woehrmann</DIV><DIV>in German and German Sign Language</DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.SignWriting.org/germany">http://www.SignWriting.org/germany</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I have permission from the publisher to translate the Handbuch into English, but I have not done that yet...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I can send you a copy of each book through the postal mail, but neither of these books are in French...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><B>3</B><B>. Learn one on one in private tutoring using Sign Language is best...</B></DIV><DIV>It is better to teach without any books at all if we can... One on one teaching of SignWriting, using Sign Language, in a private lesson is always the best way to learn SignWriting...That is why I hope to start teaching directly using ASL (the best I can as a hearing person with a hearing accent) directly one on one on videophones...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>You and any of your Deaf teachers could have lessons with me on videophone, free, on Skype or other videophone technology, and I bet the need for a textbook would go away...then after that, Deaf people need to start creating their own materials that really work for them...I know that takes time, but right now, we can learn directly by videophone...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></DIV><DIV><B>4</B><B>. For teachers who already know SignWriting, why use textbooks at all with new students?</B> </DIV><DIV>I personally do not use textbooks when I teach SignWriting. I start with a written story, like Goldilocks and the Three Bears, written in SignWriting in ASL, and I hand the book to the Deaf person, and we have fun trying to figure it out together. When they read a sign correctly, I tell them that is exactly correct, and I explain one symbol in that specific sign, and then we go on to the next sign in the story...and they start reading...after awhile, they have read the whole story and feel pretty amazed...and this is with NO textbook..Later I go back to give them more details about symbols...after they are reading literature a little...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>So you are correct, Andre, that the textbooks are more for those who do not have teachers...for long distance learning, and for reference, but real teaching needs to be more visual and more direct...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><B>5.</B><B> Make an appointment by videophone</B></DIV><DIV>I would be happy to meet your Deaf teachers face to face! I would suggest using Skype vidoephone that does not require any new equipment except for a camera on your computer...It is free:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Download Skype software for video conference</DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.Skype.com">http://www.Skype.com</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>So write to me for an appointment to learn SignWriting by video...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Does your school have D-Link videophones?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Val ;-)</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:Sutton@SignWriting.org">Sutton@SignWriting.org</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">tel 858-456-0098 fax 858-456-0020</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">D-Link Videophone: 66.27.57.178</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Skype Name: valeriesutton</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>