[sw-l] SW in Latin American & Spain

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
May 23, 2005

Hello Everyone, and James!
This is a great idea...We can collect writing in Spanish, about  
SignWriting, written by people who use SignWriting in Spanish- 
speaking countries...This could become a document that people can  
download on the web...

Are there List members who use SignWriting in Spanish-speaking  
countries?...Please write to tell us about your work....

Here is some information I have...


1. COLOMBIA
Hay lecciones y programas de computadora libres sobre el Web. Vaya:

SenaEscritura en Colombia
http://www.SignWriting.org/colombia/colombia.html

o escriba a Hector en Colombia...

Hector Devias
hdevias at TUTOPIA.COM



2. ESPANA
Hay lecciones y programas de computadora libres sobre el Web. Vaya:

SignoEscritura en España
http://www.SignWriting.org/spain/spain.html

o escriba a Steve y a Dianne y a Eloy en España ...

Steve and Dianne Parkhurst
steve-dianne_parkhurst at sil.org

Eloy Lobato Alvarez
elobato at wanadoo.es


I hope others will write too!!

Val ;-)

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On May 23, 2005, at 9:06 AM, James Shepard-Kegl, Esq. wrote:

> To educators using SW in Spanish speaking countries:
>
> As I guess all of your are aware, we use SW a very great deal in  
> Bluefields,
> Nicaragua, and we have developed a good deal of reading material:   
> three
> volumes of reading lessons in SW, applied math workbooks in SW,  
> Spanish
> texts and workbooks incorporating SW.
>
> Our Deaf teachers and students, of course, appreciate the value of  
> SW in a
> teaching curriculum.  Why?  because for them there are practical
> applications on a daily basis.
>
> However, for government administrators in the Ministry of  
> Education, SW is
> much more of an abstract.  Yes, if they had to think about it, the  
> concept
> would seem like a good idea.  However, use of SW in a teaching  
> curriculum is
> not a traditional approach in Deaf education.  Everyone knows that  
> I espouse
> it, but what do I say when some foreign consultant comes in and  
> says, "This
> is not accepted practice anywhere else.  Using SW violates standard  
> teaching
> procedures."
>
> So, immediately we have the battle of the foreign consultants.   
> This is in
> part what occurred in Condega, Nicaragua.  And the Columbian  
> oralist had an
> advantage in this debate:  He is a Latin American and he speaks  
> Spanish.
>
> At some point (possibly June), I am planning to hold a teaching  
> seminar for
> the hearing staff at the Bluefields Deaf School.  This program  
> would be not
> merely for government teachers, but also for the supervisors the  
> government
> sends to the school from time to time.  These individuals are not
> particularly well trained, if at all, in new approaches to Deaf  
> education --
> which makes them very vulnerable to oralism or so-called "total
> communication" advocates.
>
> I can say that SW is being used at varying levels (pilot programs,
> developing curricula, etc.) in other Spanish speaking countries.   
> But, it
> would be much better if a description of the varying programs came  
> from the
> sources -- and written in Spanish.  I would be happy to share your  
> one - two
> page reports with our own staff and with the participants in this  
> teaching
> seminar.
>
> Please address any documents to:  El proyecto de idioma de senas de
> Nicaragua
> at kegl at maine.rr.com
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> -- James Shepard-Kegl 
>

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