Hoi,<br>When you teach the SignWriting of ASL, you do your students a disservice when you teach them the receptive view. When you transscribe a sign language and you use the receptive view AND you use SignWriting you place an unreasonable burden on the people who have to make use of your transscriptions. It is similar to writing English from right to left. <br>
<br>The issue with standards is that they are there for everyone. For SignWriting to be accepted, it is vital that the conventions, the standards used with the script are complied with by everyone.<br>Thanks,<br> Gerard<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/10/21 Charles Butler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chazzer3332000@yahoo.com">chazzer3332000@yahoo.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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For me, I learned receptive first, so it was literally "write what you see" when you are seeing someone else's hands. Then when they switched, I considered it an extension. I just teach "write what you see". Then receptive is for transcribing something brand new if you don't know the meaning, and then expressive when you have moved it to your own hands. Expressive has become the standard for the dictionaries and most usage. Dance writing is still, apparently, receptive. It took me hours to transcribe video tape because I think to write what someone else is doing, and then reverse it to my hands is the challenge.<div>
<br></div><div>Charles<br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 10/20/09, MARIA AZZOPARDI <i><<a href="mailto:maria.azzopardi@um.edu.mt" target="_blank">maria.azzopardi@um.edu.mt</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">
<br>From: MARIA AZZOPARDI <<a href="mailto:maria.azzopardi@um.edu.mt" target="_blank">maria.azzopardi@um.edu.mt</a>><br>Subject: [sw-l] receptive vs. expressive - history?<br>To: "SignWriting List" <<a href="mailto:sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu" target="_blank">sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</a>><br>
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 5:13 PM<br><br><div>Hi all,<br><br>I was wondering what to do with the receptive and expressive view points,<br>when teaching signwriting.<br><br>As teachers of signwriting, would you include this explanation - or would<br>
presenting the two possibilities create a problem that might not be there.<br><br>I've found that when I explain how to signwrite the different orientations<br>I explain the 'expressive viewpt' and never include the receptive view, so<br>
as not to 'teach' them something that I will later have to unteach.<br><br>do you find that explaining the expressive view and leaving out the<br>'receptive' writing,
acceptable?<br><br>thanks<br>Maria<br><br><br><br><br>____________________________________________<br><br>SW-L SignWriting List<br><br>Post Message<br><a href="http://mc/compose?to=SW-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu" target="_blank">SW-L@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</a><br>
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