Dear Sergio,<br> The same reasons we have for writing spoken languages are the reasons SignWriting is good. DVD's etc. have not replaced writing. Writing is an art in itself. More books are sold than ever. SignWriting will save the Deaf community.<br><br><b><i>Sergio Ribeiro <escritadesinais@yahoo.com.br></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel="File-List" href="cid:filelist.xml@01C74157.02E6F880"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:DoNotRelyOnCSS/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> </o:SmartTagType><div class="Section1"> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-US">Hello friends,<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-US">I am writing article about signwriting use in deaf class, this article will be to the new Magazine. But here in Brazil many peoples, teacher and linguistics, disagree if writing sign languages is really important or necessary, because today we have another medias like DVD, CD-ROM, etc, using video format. What you think about and
Deaf members of DAC have what point of view ?<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-US">I want to write this more specific is possible !<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-US">My article title is “SignWriting – Why <span class="GramE">not ?</span>”. I will explain about sign language history, Stokoe studies and notation, person of the pass that say about sign writing possible like <span class="SpellE">Itard</span>, Bebian and Alexander Graham Bell. <span class="GramE">But</span> most important point is using sign language at moment, now. Who are <span class="GramE">using ?</span> Is <span class="SpellE">signwriting</span> great toll for teaching deaf in new approach, bilingual <span class="GramE">approach
?</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-US">I will be many thankful to see your <span class="GramE">opinion !</span> <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-US">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><st1:PersonName><b><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;
font-weight: bold;" lang="EN-US">Sergio Ribeiro</span></font></b></st1:PersonName><b><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-weight: bold;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><font color="red" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: red; font-weight: bold;" lang="EN-US">Centro Educacional </span></font></b><st1:PersonName><b><font color="red" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: red; font-weight: bold;" lang="EN-US">Cultura Surda</span></font></b></st1:PersonName><font color="red"><span style="color: red;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><strong><b><font color="red" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: red;"><a href="http://www.culturasurda.com.br/"><span style="font-weight: normal;"
lang="EN-US">www.culturasurda.com.br</span></a></span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font color="red" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: red;"> </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> </div> </div> </blockquote><br><BR><BR><DIV>
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