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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