SW curriculum

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
October 7, 2006

On Oct 6, 2006, at 2:12 PM, Andrée Gagnon wrote:
> Because I feel that Val really ought to know who I am, what I do  
> and why I wish to establish contact with the SW members, please  
> find  below my message.

Hello Andree!
Yes, of course I remember you...I sent your order for SignWriting  
materials to Quebec in February 2006! And I believe you gave a  
presentation of some kind, in which SignWriting was mentioned?
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>
>       Firstly, I will introduce myself.  I am deafblind.  I  
> attended the Deaf school in Québec city ( Canada) and I grew up in  
> their dormitory.  I use Quebec Sign Language ( QSL). Since 1998, I  
> am professor in the Department of Education at the University of  
> Ottawa
>
>  ( Ottawa is the capital of Canada).  I have been teaching six  
> different courses ( literacy and deafness: development of writing  
> and reading for deaf students.  The students can obtain a  
> certificate of deaf education in Ontario, Canada.

So you are native to Quebec Sign Language (QSL) but working with  
American Sign Language (ASL)? Four languages must be a part of your  
daily life: QSL, ASL, French and English...

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>      At the Deaf school in Ottawa, a project called “ Fais-moi  
> signe” ( in English, “ Make me a sign”) is being developed to  
> be presented to the Ontario Ministery of Education for their  
> approval.   I am preparing the QSL curriculum as the first language  
> from kindergarten to grade 2 ( 2006-2007), from grade 3 to grade 8  
> (2007-2008) and from grade 9 to grade 12 ( 2008-2009).  Upon  
> approval of the project, the guide of QSL curriculum will be  
> distributed to teachers of Deaf students in the province of Ontario.

I have some ideas about the curriculum that you might be interested  
in...

I just looked on the map and I see that the city of Ottawa is quite  
close to the Province of Quebec. So in your school, do they use both  
QSL and ASL? A multi-lingual school? Very interesting!

I will write about SW curriculum shortly -

See map attached for those who do not know Canadian maps (like me ;-) !

Val ;-)




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