BRAZIL New educational program using SignWriting

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
October 19, 2006

Hello Shane and Everyone in Brazil!

You are right, Shane...this is an extraordinary web site!! And they  
are obviously using SignWriting in their new course curriculum! Thank  
you for pointing this out to us....I hope everyone will visit this  
web page:

> www.libras.ufsc.br

or

http://www.ead.ufsc.br/hiperlab/avalibras/moodle/prelogin/

Congratulations to Brazilian educators for this great achievement...

Val ;-)

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Shane Gilchrist O hEorpa wrote:
> see below - www.libras.ufsc.br
> thats really great - lots of SW used!
> Shane
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: ronice at ced.ufsc.br <ronice at ced.ufsc.br>
> Date: 19-Oct-2006 14:55
> Subject: [slling-l] Sign Language Program
> To: slling-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>
>
> We are starting a Brazilian Sign Language Program in Brazil next  
> October 27th.
> This course is an undergratuate course and have 447 Deaf students  
> and 54
> hearing. These students were selected from 3.176 people that  
> applied for this
> course. Nine states of the country are involved. It is the first  
> course in
> Brazil in this education level. I would like to know if there is  
> this kind of
> education around the world. I had found something in the Internet,  
> but I would
> be happy to have more information from other countries that can  
> send to me
> personally. The website of the course is www.libras.ufsc.br
>
> Best,
>
> Ronice Muller de Quadros
> Coordenadora do Curso de Letras Libras
> Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
> Centro de Comunicação e Expressão
> Campus Universitário
> Trindade
> Florianópolis - Santa Catarina - Brasil
> CEP 88040-900
>
> 55 48 3331 6586
> 55 48 9981 2711
>
> Come to TISLR 9 in Brazil! www.tislr9.ufsc.br
>
>
>
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