<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:24px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455164232297_4529"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455164232297_4737">My name is Charles Butler and I am now enrolled at Howard University School of Divinity and am taking a certification course in teaching at the college level. Part of the class is to pick a project one is passionate about and propose a study for diversity in the classroom. <br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455164232297_4756" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455164232297_4737"><br></span></div><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455164232297_4738">I am looking for academic projects finished or underway that:</span><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455164232297_4702" dir="ltr"><br><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455164232297_4704" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455164232297_4703">1) Use SignWriting as part of the curriculum in teaching the sign language of any country.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455164232297_4706" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455164232297_4705">2) Use SignWriting as part of the curriculum for teaching users of sign language the spoken language and writing system of the spoken language. <br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455164232297_4707" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455164232297_4708" dir="ltr">I am looking to try to set up a pilot project for use of SignWriting in learning ASL without the use of the English spoken language as a fall back for hearing speakers. Target questions:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455164232297_4709" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455164232297_4710" dir="ltr">1) Does SignWriting increase the rapidity of learning a sign language through note taking?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455164232297_4713" dir="ltr">2) Can SignWriting be used as the preferred transcription between spoken English and a pidgin gloss to capture and teach grammar and vocabulary, similar to how one would write both French and English to compare the languages side by side. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455164232297_4721" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455164232297_4722" dir="ltr">Users of SignWriting would answer both questions affirmatively, but I'd like to set up an actual learning project to compare learning a basic vocabulary with and without the use of SignWriting in the classroom. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455164232297_4771" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455164232297_4779" dir="ltr">During this semester, I may only get as far as designing the project, not executing it, but anyone who has been involved in education certification realizes that methodology is a large part of research, setting up the method helps others who come later. <br><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455164232297_4530"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455164232297_4725" class="signature">Charles Butler chazzer3332000@yahoo.com 240-764-5748 Clear writing moves business forward.</div></div></body></html>
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