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<body><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">> From: signwriting@MAC.COM<br>> Subject: [sw-l] Existing lessons teaching Rotation & Wrist Flexes<br>> Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 12:28:56 -0700<br>> To: sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<br>> <br>> SignWriting List<br>> July 7, 2007<br>> <br>> On Jul 7, 2007, at 10:45 AM, K.J. Boal wrote:<br>> > I'm glad there was this discussion, even if I got into it a little <br>> > late! If we can hammer out exactly how to explain these symbols, <br>> > there might be fewer misunderstandings by new SignWriters.<br>> > KJ<br>> <br>> Hello Kelly Jo!<br>> New visual instruction, with very few words, and mostly <br>> illustrations, will help.<br><br>I definitely agree! I like Parkhursts' line drawings for that.<br> <br>> Meanwhile, have you read all the published descriptions of these <br>> symbols?<br><br>Not all of them; just the Lessons in SignWriting book.<br> <br>> Here are the instruction pages from various textbooks already <br>> published on SignWriting, plus eLessons on the subject. I know they <br>> are dry to read, but if you really read the pages carefully again and <br>> again, I believe they will become clearer.<br><br>No offense, Val, but most people won't "really read the pages carefully <br>again and again"... that's probably one of the reasons there's so much<br>confusion! And I had assumed that the SignoEscritura Textbook was<br>written in Spanish, so when I was trying to teach myself SW, I didn't<br>even look at it. I've looked at the pages you just sent over the List,<br>though, and I really like them!<br>KJ<br><br> <br>> 1. SignoEscritura Textbook<br>> Chapters 8-11<br>> http://www.signwriting.org/spain/lecciones/<br>> <br>> ------<br>> <br>> 2. Lessons in SignWriting Textbook<br>> Chapter 8: Axial Movement<br>> http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/lessonsw/lessonsweb.html<br>> <br>> If you read the second paragraph on the first page in the Axial <br>> Movement chapter, you see that the symbols "stay in one place".<br>> <br>> -------<br>> <br>> 3. Stefan's Book "The SignWriting Handbook"<br>> Not online, but it can be purchased:<br>> http://www.signwriting.org/shop/shop03.html<br>> <br>> -------<br>> <br>> 4. SignWriting eLessons Online<br>> Rotation Symbols are discussed on these web pages from the eLessons:<br>> http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/elessons/less011.html<br>> http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/elessons/less012.html<br>> http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/elessons/less013.html<br>> http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/elessons/less014.html<br>> http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/elessons/less015.html<br>> http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/elessons/less018.html<br>> http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/elessons/less026.html<br>> http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/elessons/less034.html<br>> http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/elessons/less035.html<br>> http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/elessons/less036.html<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br><br /><hr />Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger <a href='http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=wlmailtagline' target='_new'>Get it now! </a></body>
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