desire to learn

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
August 28, 2003

Janetta Batten wrote:
> Dear Valerie:  I do not know how to sign and at your site there are 
> just too many choices so could you tell me where to start to teach 
> myself how to sign.  I would greatly appreciate it. 
> Thank you. Janetta Batten


Dear Janetta!
Thank you for this email question. Learning to sign is a wonderful 
experience, and I hope you can find a teacher in your local area to 
give you lessons. I do not know where you live, but there usually are 
Sign Language courses at local colleges in the US...Or call your local 
Deaf organization, to see if they offer Sign Language classes....

Regarding learning to sign on the web...Our SignWriting web sites are 
not designed to teach you to sign. SignWriting is a way to read and 
write signs, so while you are learning to sign with a teacher, 
SignWriting can help you record the signs you are learning, so you can 
refer to your notes later, to remember what you learned from your 
teacher...

If you want to learn SignWriting right now, go to these web pages:

Learn SignWriting
http://signwriting.org/lessons/lessonsw/lessonsw.html

SignWriting Dictionaries
http://www.SignBank.org/signbank.html


I am posting this message to our SignWriting List, to ask if any List 
members know of good web sites to learn to sign? I do not know any...so 
if they answer with other suggestions, I will inform you, Janetta -

Thanks for writing!

Val ;-)

Valerie Sutton
Sutton at SignWriting.org

1. SignWriting Site
http://www.SignWriting.org
Read & Write Sign Languages

2. SignBank Site
http://www.SignBank.org
Sign Language Dictionaries

3. SignWriting Shop
http://www.SuttonShop.com
Books, videos, CDs, software

4. Post to SignWriting List
SW-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA

5. SignWriting List Archives
http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/swlist

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