SW - animated receptive point of view

[Charles Butler]

Stefan and Sr. Rocha,
   
  This question of presentation will, I think, always be with us.  I'm going back and working on the Libras/ASL dictionaries, and that has been one thing I've debated over.  
   
  I'd love to see a macro (dream list) that could take any document that uses IMWA imbedded and flip it all from right hand primary expressive to left hand primary receptive or any other mirroring exercise.  Now that would be a good challenge for any Python expert.  
   
  I am so glad to see you on line, Sr. Rocha, as it's been a long time.  I'm still working on coming down in December for at least a month.
   
  Charles Butler
   
   
  

Antônio Carlos da Rocha Costa <rocha at ATLAS.UCPEL.TCHE.BR> wrote:
  Stefan,

> ..... "We have found that animations using SW are easier to understand if 
> written in receptive mode (specially for those not yet trained in 
> reading SW, as children that are beginning to read it)." ...
> 
> This statement is not any conclusion of a significant proof -but more kind
> of "feeling" with specific children contacted by an specific SW -
> instructor? .. orwhat do you mean "easier to understand" ? 

No, no science intended! Just our feeling. Looks like the SW 
animation makes a bridge between the realistic drawings of signs (as 
usual in sign language books for children), which are always shown in 
the receptive point of view, and the formal writing in SW, which of 
course is preferable in the expressive point of view.

But you are right, just our feeling.

All the best,

Antônio Carlos

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Antônio Carlos da Rocha Costa
Escola de Informática
Coord. Mestrado em Ciência da Computação
Programa de Pós-graduação em Informática
Universidade Católica de Pelotas
http://ppginf.ucpel.tche.br



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