SW in England & Scotland

Steve Slevinski slevin at SIGNPUDDLE.NET
Sun Mar 19 15:54:12 UTC 2006


Hi Charles,

Someone entered a blank sign.  I'll track it down and remove it.

-Steve

Charles Butler wrote:
> In bringing up the "Frequency table" I got this error.  What's up?
>  
> *Warning*: fread(): Length parameter must be greater than 0. in 
> */home/mydvsdac/www/signbank.org/signpuddle/sgn-BR/global.php* on line 
> *418*
> Charles Butler
>
>
> */Charles Butler <chazzer3332000 at YAHOO.COM>/* wrote:
>
>     If you go to the SignBank for UK Sign Language and hit "sign
>     symbol frequency" you can see a representative sprinkling of signs
>     for each of the handshapes which would be needed for a UK
>     translation of Sign Writing for Everyday Use.  I worked on a
>     rewrite in Brazilian Portuguese and Libras so it is a challenge,
>     but no impossible.  It does require systematically going through
>     and examining the handshapes that are used in UK so that the
>     illustrations can be appropriate! to the lessons.  I'm intrigued,
>     particularly, by this one for "cardiac arrest / heart attack" and
>     am wondering if there are signs in Libras and in ASL where the
>     angle of the finger from a right angle to a bent angle constitutes
>     a "minimal pair."
>      
>     heart-attack Cardiac Arrest / Heart Attack
>      
>     it  Third person (he, she, or it)
>      
>
>
>     */Shane Gilchrist O hEorpa <shane.gilchrist.oheorpa at gmail.com>/*
>     wrote:
>
>         Thierry,
>
>         youre our real hero!!! :-)
>
>         i'm trying very hard to sell the idea to the Durham people -
>         my work
>         (hopefully) will work with them on the development of the sign
>         lang
>         curriculum to be used in the schools (not deaf schools) in the
>         UK and
>         Ireland - and that SW should be incorporated.
>
>         Some did complain that there is not enough representation from
>         England's deaf community or the sign linguists in the UK - i
>         said i
>         did encourage them to go but they were very lukewarm - if
>         there ain't
>         important people backing this, whats the point in going???
>
>         Need to get the deaf schools in England ! & Scotland to use
>         signwriting
>         i.e. Doncaster, Derby, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Bristol,
>         Exeter, Brighton, St Albans and the two schools in London -
>         but can't
>         do anything UNTIL I can get someone to illustrate Val Sutton's
>         excellent SignWriting lessons with BSL signs - they will go
>         phoo phoo
>         at the ASL pieces.
>
>         like you said, its the matter of time
>
>         Shane Gilchrist Ó hEorpa
>         European Sign Writers Organisation
>
>         On 3/18/06, Thierry Haesenne wrote:
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         > Hello everyone,
>         >
>         > If you haven't seen me lately on the list it is because I
>         have been so busy
>         > I haven't even been able to follow up with everything on the
>         list... Sorry
>         > guys! I am not letting you down....
>         >
>         > Val, and all the others, you will be happy to learn that
>         another Deaf School
>         > in French-speaking Belgium has asked me to train their
>         teachers (three deaf)
>         > about SW... They will ! start using it as soon as they have
>         finished their
>         > basic training with me. The hearing teachers will be trained
>         later...
>         >
>         > It's the Centre d'Enseignement Spécial Provincial de Mons
>         (CESPM) in Ghlin
>         > (near Mons in the Hainaut Province, about 70km south-west of
>         Brussels).
>         >
>         > A few weeks ago, I gave a short training session with my
>         colleague Damien on
>         > SW and the glossing system during a special training day for
>         the teachers of> the Deaf. Someone from Ghlin passed on the
>         message and about two days later,
>         > I was contacted and asked whether I could train two deaf
>         people. The
>         > training session started on Friday and there will be several
>         further
>         > training sessions until mid-May. But I encouraged the deaf
>         teachers to start
>         > using SW with the kids (especially the handshapes and
>         locations on the
>         > face). The movements will be taught later.
>         >
>         > I was also asked to organise a seminar on SW i! n one Deaf
>         Club in Brussels on
>         > 21 April. The aim is to introduce deaf people and LSFB
>         teachers to SW, and
>         > also encourage hearing people to use it to learn LSFB in a
>         more efficient
>         > way. Also a group of LSFB teachers asked me to train them in
>         SW, but we
>         > haven't arranged a date yet. I guess it will be in September
>         since I don't
>         > have much availabilities till then.
>         >
>         > My colleague Damien is still training teachers of the Deaf !
>         in Brussels but
>         > they are still a bit afraid of using SW and the glossing
>         system every day
>         > (they have used it on and off in class so far). In the
>         bilingual school of
>         > Namur, some teachers were introduced to SW but have not
>         requested any
>         > further developments. I guess it is just a matter of time...
>         Until now, only
>         > the IRHOV (Deaf school in Liege) has started using it in
>         class, and it will
>         > soon be followed by the CESPM of Ghlin.
>         >
>         > Val, I am teaching LSFB ! to Cecile Beaufort, so I see her
>         twice every week!
>         > She often asks me questions about SW during pauses. I still
>         need to go to
>         > her class to assess the progress and give her some guidance.
>         Do not worry, I
>         > am keeping a close eye on the development of SW in
>         French-speaking Belgium!
>         >
>         >
>         > I guess that in the near future, most Deaf Schools in
>         French-speaking
>         > Belgium will be using SW (except the ones with a strong
>         oralist tradition).
>         >
>         > I hope that's enough good news for now!!! smile :-)
>         >
>         > Take care, all of you!
>         >
>         >
>         > Thierry
>         >
>         >
>
>
>
>
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