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</SPAN>You will find and read some articles (Sign Font) :</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 36pt"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">1)<SPAN
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 36pt">Supalla, S., Wix, T. &
Mckee, C. (2000) Print as a primary source of English for deaf learners. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In J. Nicol & T. Langendoen
(Eds.),<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>One mind, two languages:
Studies in bilingual language processing (pp. 177-190). <?xml:namespace prefix =
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w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oxford</st1:place></st1:City> :
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 36pt">Gutenman, <st1:place
w:st="on">I.</st1:place> (March 9 2001) The silent challenge: Researchers test a
new method of teaching deaf children how to read. The Chronicle of Higher
Education 67. (26). A16-A17.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 36pt">Singleton, J.L, Supalla, S.,
Litchfield, S. &<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Schley, S.
(1998)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>From Sign to Word
Considering Modality Constaints in ASL/English Bilingual Education. Top Lang
Disord; 18(4): 16-29., Aspen Publishers, Inc<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 36pt"><o:p> Regards,</o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=gerard.meijssen@gmail.com
href="mailto:gerard.meijssen@gmail.com">Gerard Meijssen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu
href="mailto:sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">SignWriting List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 28, 2008 3:35
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [sw-l] Our SW presentation
in Calgary</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Hoi.<BR>Does this professor have scientific evidence that his
Sign Font overcomes the fact that learning to read and write in a mother
tongue has a benefit that lasts for the whole of a person's academic career
???<BR><BR>There are many people and places where languages are discriminated
against with the argument that the dominant language provides more economic
benefits. This may be true. At the same time it is equally true that the
languages discriminated against are the ones that people actually speak. Given
that academic research shows us that a second language is more easily mastered
when primary skills like reading and writing are taught in the mother tongue,
it should be obvious that SignWriting provides the method of teaching such a
primary skill.<BR><BR>I am really grateful that we are becoming more adept at
getting the message of SignWriting out.
<BR>Thanks,<BR> Gerard<BR><BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 4:20 AM, Gagnon et Thibeault
<SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:atg@videotron.ca">atg@videotron.ca</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><B><FONT face=Arial color=#ffff00 size=6>Hi Val and
everyone,</FONT></B></DIV>
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<DIV><B><FONT face=Arial color=#ffff00 size=6> One Deaf
teacher-researcher and I gave our SignWriting (SW) presentation at the
conference in Calgary (Western Canada) on July 23rd. Most
participants attending this conference were Deaf. Although we
knew that most were against the SW, we showed some video clips to
them. They had different reactions and saw the different behavior and
facial attitude towards written French and written (SW) LSQ. Another
video clip showed that when one Deaf student read written LSQ, raised
his hand, stood up, walked up to the wallboard, and told the story of
written LSQ to 10 Deaf students while his body showed pride and
self-esteem. One Deaf teacher-researcher gave one example of
self-esteem to Deaf participants. When he read written French, he
never showed pride and self-esteem because he never raised his
hand and never gave a story of the written French to Deaf
students. After finishing our presentation, two Deaf Californians met
us. One was a professor at the CSUN and supported us. The other
one, who was a preschool teacher at the school for the Deaf in Fremont, CA,
admitted that he insisted on using the SW and said to us: "video clips
impact me". He told us that our SW presentation was wonderful.
He will try to be open-minded using the SW.</FONT></B></DIV>
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<DIV><B><FONT face=Arial color=#ffff00 size=6> However, 4
Deaf teachers have been teaching Deaf students at the school for the Deaf in
Milton, in Bellevue, in London (province of Ontario, Central Canada).
They will learn a Sign Font this fall because Dr. Sam Supalla (Deaf
professor at The University of Arizona) will show them how to teach a Sign
Font using reading and writing. They believe that a Sign Font is
better than a SignWriting because Deaf students learn a bridge between
Sign Font and written English if they gain sufficient vocabulary of English
words, and then they don't use Sign Font anymore and are skilled to read and
to write English. They told us that learning SignWriting is a
waste of time because the Deaf community doesn't use it and Deaf people who
are skilled to read and to write SW cannot obtain jobs in a hearing
society.</FONT></B></DIV>
<DIV><B><FONT face=Arial size=6></FONT></B> </DIV>
<DIV><B><FONT face=Arial color=#ffff00 size=6> Although
the Deaf community in general does not support SW and (I believe) SF (Sign
Font) neither. One Deaf teacher-researcher keeps teaching SW to Deaf
kids. We tried to persuade Deaf and hearing participants to
spread SW, however we weren't successful and we keep
fighting.</FONT></B></DIV>
<DIV><B><FONT face=Arial size=6></FONT></B> </DIV>
<DIV><B><FONT face=Arial color=#ffff00 size=6> Val, don't
be upset. I believe that you have gained a lot of your
experience in the past and the present about/through insisting on and
struggling for a SW. Good news for you, Steve who has been developing
a Sign Puddle stays hard at work. Also, Adam who supports you keeps up lots
of energy creating animated GIFs. I am always looking forward to
learning Sign Puddle 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, & 9 in the future.
</FONT></B></DIV>
<DIV><B><FONT face=Arial size=6></FONT></B> </DIV>
<DIV><B><FONT face=Arial color=#ffff00 size=6> Best
wishes,</FONT></B></DIV>
<DIV><B><FONT face=Arial size=6></FONT></B> </DIV>
<DIV><B><FONT face=Arial color=#ffff00 size=6>
André</FONT></B></DIV>
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