Fwd: [sw-l] PJM and SW camp in Slovakia

[Honza]

Hi Val,

I don't know the situation in Slovakia exactly, but about a Deaf an sign 
language and education it is I suppose as in Poland or worse (So Lucyna 
could tell you).
What I know is there are almost no interpreters and sign language is not 
used in schools and I think (I am not sure now) there is still no law 
about using Sign Language..

But about Slovak sign language - it is almost the same as Czech sign 
languages, but there are several differencies (different signs).
Anyway I hope one day we'll need Slovak Signpuddle.

Honza


Honza Fikejs wrote:

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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Valerie Sutton* <sutton at signwriting.org 
> <mailto:sutton at signwriting.org>>
> Date: Sep 3, 2005 10:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [sw-l] PJM and SW camp in Slovakia
> To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu <mailto:sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
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> SignWriting List
> September 3, 2005
>
> Hello Lucyna and Everyone!
> Thanks for this message about the camp on Polish Sign Language and 
> SignWriting (that took place in Slovakia....is that correct)? 
> smile...ha! I got confused because it was held in Slovakia, so I 
> thought you were writing Slovakian signs...my mistake!
>
> No rush at all writing the naturally-evolved signed languages of Deaf 
> people in some parts of Slovakia (grin) ...if the education 
> establishments in Slovakia have not acknowledged signed languages as 
> real languages, then those who DO use a signed language probably use 
> it in private in small groups. Maybe someday you will bump into some 
> of them...you never know. Once a linguist told me that all cultures 
> have naturally-evolved signed languages, although in many cultures, 
> the hearing world is not aware of them...or they choose to ignore them 
> officially...
>
> Val ;-)
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> Lucyna Dlugolecka wrote:
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>> I don't know anything of Slovakian Sign Language but I bet it is 
>> similar to Czech and Polish SLs. We wanted to meet some Deaf in 
>> Slovakia but we had no time for that. One day we had a trip to the 
>> city of Zilina, where probably a Deaf club is located but we didn't 
>> have the address. We went to Zilina for a few hour shopping and then 
>> we had to go back for the lecture I had to give :-). But we the 
>> hearing and the deaf discussed the issue at the camp. Namely, we were 
>> talking about a meeting with Slovak Deaf people in order to tell them 
>> about SW. But we didn't meet any Slovak Deaf...what a pity... maybe 
>> some day :-).
>>  
>> Some time ago I wrote an article about the Deaf in Slovakia, basing 
>> in the infos found on the web. I learnt that young Deaf people in 
>> Slovakia don't want to sign, don't want to be dependent on 
>> interpreters on so on, and the Slovakian Sign Language is mostly used 
>> by older people. Strange, but I don't know any Slovak to ask him or 
>> her if that is true.
>>  
>> The Slovak association of the Deaf, the name of which, translated 
>> into English, is the "Slovak Association of the Aurally Disabled" 
>> publishes a montly magazine for the Deaf, The Slovensky Gong. The 
>> magazine includes mostly articles on social and legal issues, 
>> councelling, event reports, hearing aids and CIs, etc. Our Swiat 
>> Ciszy editorial receives the magazine every month and I read it (in 
>> Slovak, haha!) looking for any interesting issues... I could take 
>> some steps to make them interested in SW but I don't know their 
>> general attitute to natural sign languages, bilingualism and so on, 
>> so I don't know what steps to take and how. I think we should just 
>> wait... :-)
>>  
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