<div> </div> <div><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </div> <div><FONT color=#0000ff>Dearest Val, Shane and Rodrigo,</FONT></div> <div><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </div> <div><FONT color=#0000ff>Many thanks for your sinceare feedback and appreciation. The sites you suggested are very much helpful.</FONT></div> <div><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </div> <div><FONT color=#0000ff>I can understand from the everyday list messages that there are researchers and teachers of the deaf whom I would like to suggest me relevant ideas that should be included in our new SL BA program syllabus development. I like the idea of SW be part of this program. The question of HOW worries me. Please get me your honorable suggestion, smile.</FONT></div> <div><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </div> <div><FONT color=#0000ff>Eyasu </FONT><BR></div> <div> </div> <div><BR><B><I>Valerie Sutton
<dac@signwriting.org></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <div>SignWriting List<BR>September 8, 2007<BR><BR>Dear Eyasu and SW List Members!<BR><BR>Congratulations, Eyasu, on your new job. It is exciting to think that <BR>your Department of Linguistics will be planning a BA degree program <BR>for Ethiopian Sign Languages and Deaf Cultures...I can imagine it <BR>must be a complicated project to be in touch with Deaf people in such <BR>a vast country with so many languages...<BR><BR>So of course, we will do whatever we can to assist...<BR><BR>SignWriting materials can be donated to your teachers, but you need <BR>more than just SignWriting...<BR><BR>Does anyone on the List know how to setup a Sign Language <BR>curriculum...a four-year program? Who should Eyasu speak with, in the <BR>US, or in Germany, or in Brazil, for example? We needs contacts and <BR>some specific suggestions and
advice for a Sign Language curriculum <BR>strategy...<BR><BR>Perhaps it is time that SignWriting be a part of any Sign Language <BR>curriculum...not as a separate subject, but an integral one with <BR>teaching Sign Language...<BR><BR>I hope someone will answer, as I do not know any contacts for Eyasu <BR>about Sign Language curriculum development...<BR><BR>Val ;-)<BR><BR>-----------<BR><BR></div> <div> </div> <div>Jambo Eyasu!<BR><BR>congrats on setting up the new degree - that is much needed in Eastern<BR>Africa and I am very delighted to hear the news.<BR><BR>As for the BA <SPAN id=lw_1189327721_0 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em">Sign Language Studies</SPAN>...<BR><BR>University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) in England will start their<BR>BA (Hons) in British Sign Language this October - you can get in touch<BR>with them.<BR><BR>There's a university in <SPAN id=lw_1189327721_1 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px
dashed; HEIGHT: 1em">Brazil</SPAN> that have started teaching the degree<BR>in LIBRAS - its very interesting - some of the researchers/teachers<BR>there are on this list - they will help you out in this.<BR><BR>There are other universities elsewhere but I dont have it off my head<BR>right now.<BR><BR>Shane Mwangi</div> <div> </div> <DIV id=yiv1918199670>Dear Eyasu,<BR>congratulations and I wish success on your job.<BR><BR>There is a university in <SPAN id=lw_1189327767_0 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em">Brazil</SPAN> called Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). They started a program like that some years ago, which has been the first one in the country. You can get in touch with them by the e-mail: <A href="http://us.f342.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=libras@ead.ufsc.br" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:libras@ead.ufsc.br"><SPAN id=lw_1189327767_1><FONT color=#003399>libras@ead.ufsc.br</FONT></SPAN></A><BR>It is a
public university from the federal government, so I think the will be glad to help your university with its efforts.<BR><BR>There is also another institution you could try, which is the National Institute of Education of the Deaf (INES), try the e-mail: <A href="http://us.f342.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=webmaster@ines.org.br" target=_blank rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:webmaster@ines.org.br"><SPAN id=lw_1189327767_2 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%"><FONT color=#003399>webmaster@ines.org.br</FONT></SPAN></A><BR>Since it is also a federal institution, part of the Ministry of Education, I think they can help too.<BR><BR>At last, if for any reason you don't receive any answer from them, you can try this: <A href="http://www.mre.gov.br/ingles/index.htm" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN id=lw_1189327767_3><FONT color=#003399>http://www.mre.gov.br/ingles/index.htm</FONT></SPAN></A><BR>In your message you could cite UFSC and INES.<BR><BR>I don't know why
nobody mentioned it. Maybe I am wrong but I think that the <SPAN id=lw_1189327767_4 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em">Gallaudet University</SPAN> ( <A href="http://www.gallaudet.edu/" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN id=lw_1189327767_5><FONT color=#003399>http://www.gallaudet.edu/</FONT></SPAN></A>) in the USA can also provide some useful information.<BR><BR>I hope they can help you.<BR><BR>Regards<BR>-- <BR>Rodrigo Ferreira Bagni </DIV> <div><!-- type = text --><BR></div> <div><BR>On Sep 8, 2007, at 9:01 AM, Eyasu Tamene wrote:<BR><BR>> Dearest Val, and list participants<BR>><BR>> Many greetings to you from Addis Ababa , Ethiopia .<BR>><BR>> I would like to appreciate for your effort you are doing each day <BR>> to the SW list. May the almighty God give you strenght and courage <BR>> for further progress!<BR>><BR>> As you may know Ethiopian deaf people have limited access to join <BR>> the higher
institution for basic reasons that there is no trained <BR>> person and sufficient support for their career. Taking this <BR>> issue into consideration, Addis Ababa University, Department of <BR>> Linguistics has planned to open a ‘BA program in Sign Language and <BR>> Deaf Culture’ one year after now. The plan is to train deaf <BR>> teachers and make them productive citizens of the nation. This <BR>> effort is hoped to contribute a lot to alleviate problems that <BR>> hinder the expansion of Sign language and deaf education in Ethiopia.<BR>><BR>> The department has hired me as a Sign Language Expert. Currently <BR>> we are designing the syllabus for the BA program. I would <BR>> appreciate if you can provide me with the necessary info that would <BR>> help me in designing the syllabus for the undergraduate program for <BR>> Sign language unit’? I would be glad if you could send me the <BR>> necessary contacts of other SL
universities/ institutions with <BR>> their contact address.<BR>> It is a good idea to include SW in the sign language program <BR>> syllabus. But my question, as you may know not much of the <BR>> materials in sign language and related fields are available neither <BR>> in the university nor in surrounding. How can I get the experiance <BR>> of those sign language schools, colleges and universities in order <BR>> to design a syllabus of a BA in Sign language program that is <BR>> compatible to the Ethiopian context.<BR>> Thank you and hope to read you sooner.<BR>><BR>><BR>> Sincerely yours,<BR>><BR>> Eyasu<BR>><BR>> Luggage? GPS? Comic books?<BR>> Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> ____________________________________________<BR>><BR>> SW-L SignWriting List<BR>><BR>> Post Message<BR>> SW-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<BR>><BR>> List Archives and
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