use of sign language in Jordan

[Steve Slevinski]

Hoi,

GerardM wrote:
> SignWriting is used, and is able to register signed languages it seems 
> to me that this is what provides the basis for the observed 
> improvement in academic achievement in the study.
>
I hope we can all agree that literacy is valuable.  I'm not sure if we 
agree that literacy in the first language is important because some 
reject the idea of a common written script for sign language.

This study reaffirmed that literacy in your first language is valuable; 
however, this conclusion should have been assumed.

This study proved that SignWriting is a viable and adequate solution for 
learning literacy and training the language center of the brain.

There is no other common script that has shown such natural results.  
The SignWriting Alphabet is going to be released under the Open Font 
License for public use.  The SignWriting user is able to read and write 
with the sign language alphabet and communicate without spoken language 
or video. 

We're hoping to include SignWriting with wiki and knowledge base 
systems.  Some of the nuance of sign language is missed, but the 
essential and the important are easily recorded.  Just as written 
English can't capture every nuance of James Earl Jones, written ASL 
can't capture every nuance of a great performance.

Sign language written vertically in lanes is a joy to read.

-Steve
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