BELGIUM (FRENCH) : News

[Deaf Action Committee for SW]

SignWriting List
June 14, 2006

Hello Thierry and everyone in French- Belgium!
I got so much email today, that I just now noticed this great report  
from Belgium! Thank you, Thierry, for reporting to us. And, as  
members of our SignWriting Literacy Project, I plan to send you some  
materials, plus create a web page about your schools and  
students...so there is much ahead...I got behind and I am sorry about  
that...I guess the new school year will be the time for me to send  
you our materials...

It is late at night here, while you are just waking and starting your  
day...you are in the next day....which will be my tomorrow....while I  
am in your "last night"... kind of poetic ;-)

It is hard to believe that while it is light where you are, it is  
dark where I am...we are on the other side of the world from each  
other....and yet the internet brings us together!

So close and yet so far, as they say!

I plan to study your message below in detail and answer tomorrow,  
California time...Thanks so much for this report!

Val ;-)




> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 23:05:25 +0200 (CEST)
> From: "Thierry Haesenne" <thierry.haesenne at ilmh.be>
> Subject: [sw-l] BELGIUM (FRENCH) : News
>
> Hello Val,
> Hope you are going well... I have been very busy lately but I  
> wanted to give you a few
> news from French-speaking Belgium :
> Damien and I trained four people on SW today. Three of them are
> Sign Language teachers. They were all amazed by the possibilities  
> of SW and will spread the word around.
> They asked us to train them again in October.
> We plan to introduce SW to LSFB interpreters when the
> new interpreter training will be launched- (probably in 2007).
> Our website www.lsfb.be now contains 202 signs with SW. There are  
> several hundreds more
> signs waiting to be inserted, but it takes a lot of time. We need  
> to correct all the signs in the Sign
> Puddle (some people have been adding wrong signs, and I have not  
> had the time to change them) We will add
> many more signs to our website before September. Please feel free  
> to correct any spellings that seem odd to
> you by sending me a message. You can check them by watching the  
> videos and comparing them with the SW
> spellings. We still want to learn!
> The training at the Deaf school of Ghlin is almost over. I still
> need three more mornings and then the deaf teachers will be able to  
> use SW in class. The SW will officially
> be used from September in that school. In Liege, Cecile is still  
> using SW with her deaf students.
> A
> couple of hearing students have written their BA thesis on SW. One  
> of them designed materials (especially
> games) to be used in class with deaf kids. I forgot to ask Cecile  
> to send you a copy because I found it
> really amazing (lots of colour pictures with clear explanations).  
> Cecile told me she has still not received
> anything from you about the literacy project (however do not feel  
> in a hurry because the school year is now
> almost over).
> Regarding LSFB classes, using SW with LSFB beginner students has  
> proved successful :
> they are more accurate when signing, but we still need confirmation  
> and they also need further training on
> SW.
> Bruno and I would like the Brazilian manual to be translated into  
> French. It is very good for us
> and matches our expectations. We both feel it has more visual  
> details than the first SW manual (which is of
> course very good for a crash course). I was thinking about  
> translating it during the following months (and
> add our own examples) and also make a short training video in LSFB  
> for deaf people.
> That's all for
> now... Hope it's all good news for you!
> Thierry
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> <p>Hello Val, </p><p>Hope you are going well... I have been very  
> busy lately but I wanted to give you a few
> news from French-speaking Belgium : </p><p>Damien and I trained  
> four people on SW today. Three of them are
> Sign Language teachers. They were all amazed by the possibilities  
> of SW and will spread the word around.
> They asked us to train them again in October. </p><p>We plan to  
> introduce SW to LSFB interpreters when the
> new interpreter training will be launched- (probably in 2007). </ 
> p><p>Our website <a
> href="http://www.lsfb.be">www.lsfb.be</a> now contains 202 signs  
> with SW. There are several hundreds more
> signs waiting to be inserted, but it takes a lot of time. We need  
> to correct all the signs in the Sign
> Puddle (some people have been adding wrong signs, and I have not  
> had the time to change them) We will add
> many more signs to our website before September. Please feel free  
> to correct any spellings that seem odd to
> you by sending me a message. You can check them by watching the  
> videos and comparing them with the SW
> spellings. We still want to learn! </p><p>The training at the Deaf  
> school of Ghlin is almost over. I still
> need three more mornings and then the deaf teachers will be able to  
> use SW in class. The SW will officially
> be used from September in that school. In Liege, Cecile is still  
> using SW with her deaf students. </p><p>A
> couple of hearing students have written their BA thesis on SW. One  
> of them designed materials (especially
> games) to be used in class with deaf kids. I forgot to ask Cecile  
> to send you a copy because I found it
> really amazing (lots of colour pictures with clear explanations).  
> Cecile told me she has still not received
> anything from you about the literacy project (however do not feel  
> in a hurry because the school year is now
> almost over).  </p><p>Regarding LSFB classes, using SW with LSFB  
> beginner students has proved successful :
> they are more accurate when signing, but we still need confirmation  
> and they also need further training on
> SW. </p><p>Bruno and I would like the Brazilian manual to be  
> translated into French. It is very good for us
> and matches our expectations. We both feel it has more visual  
> details than the first SW manual (which is of
> course very good for a crash course). I was thinking about  
> translating it during the following months (and
> add our own examples) and also make a short training video in LSFB  
> for deaf people.  </p><p>That's all for
> now... Hope it's all good news for you! </p><p>Thierry</p>
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