Deaf Residential Schools in the US...

[Charles Butler]

That's why I loved the "Picture of Dorian Grey" in Nicaraguan Sign Language.  THAT could be a great story translated into various signed languages.
   
  Charles Butler
  

"K.J. Boal" <kjoanne403 at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
  I agree with you on that; childrens' books and instructions are usually a 
lot clearer than things written for adults. I think it has to do with 
preconceptions; people expect adults to have a certain amount of knowledge 
so they leave out some things, but they put everything in very careful and 
simple terms for children. Trouble is, many adults - especially Deaf adults 
- feel insulted if you give them a childrens' book to read. We need 
something that looks more adult-level for adults.

KJ

>From: "Pauline Roberts" 
>Reply-To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>To: sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu
>Subject: Re[2]: [sw-l] Deaf Residential Schools in the US...
>Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:33:09 +0000
>
>Again Jonathan, you raise some good points. I think children's books and
>instructions are a great way for adults to learn from scratch. I remember
>when I was 18, struggling to learn chess. A boyfriend brought me a
>childrens book from the library he worked at for me to try and learn. At
>first I "poo poo-ed" the idea, but then when I saw the simplicity of the
>instructions it started to appeal. i.e. it talked about the white army
>and the black army, and each having soldiers that had to go across the
>field in a certain way etc. So certainly a good way in my humble opinion.
>
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>On 14/01/2007 at 17:51 Jonathan wrote:
>
> >Val's 4 levels of Goldilocks is an excellent way for school kids.
> >Should we expect adults to learn the same way? Is there a way of
> >making it easy for without have to go through more boring steps that
> >they may not humble themselves to do?
> > Looking forward to everybody's remarks
>
>
>
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