Sign languages taught in primary/elementary & secondary/high schools?

[Nedelina Ivanova]

Icelandic Sign Language (ÍTM) is taught in some primary and some secondary
schools. For more information and details, please contact  Arny Gudmundsdottir
(arny at shh.is) at the Communication Centre for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing.

Best regards,
Nedelina Ivanova


On Fri, 1 Apr 2011 15:49:32 +1100
 "Adam Schembri" <A.Schembri at LATROBE.EDU.AU> wrote:
> Thanks Dan - I've forwarded your message on to my colleague, Amanda Lyons.
> -- 
> Associate Professor Adam Schembri
> Director, National Institute for Deaf Studies and Sign Language
> La Trobe University | Melbourne (Bundoora) | Victoria |  3086 |  Australia
> Tel: +61 3 9479 2887 | Fax: +61 3 9479 3074 | www.latrobe.edu.au/nids
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 1/04/11 3:29 PM, "Dan Parvaz" <dparvaz at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> >Adam,
> >
> >In the US, it's a mixed bag -- foreign languages aren't always
> >well-supported within the K-12 system -- but there are instances of ASL
> >courses taught within the primary and secondary schools. The organization
> >pushing for instructional standards within the US (and Canada?) is the
> >American Sign Language Teachers' Association...
> >
> >http://www.aslta.org/
> >
> >... and I think the Wilcoxen still maintain some material on standards and
> >justification ("Learning to See", etc.).
> >
> >Two steps forward, one step back...
> >
> >-Dan.
> >
> 

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