Saudi Arabia SignWriting Discussion Group Dec 2008

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
January 14, 2009

SignWriting Discussion Group in Saudi Arabia
December 29, 2008

Under the patronage of his Excellency Prof Sa'ad Al Shehry the dean of  
Community College in A Riyadh, a discussion circle was conducted on  
SignWriting on Monday 29th of December, 2008. There were  
representatives of the Special Education Department (Ministry of  
Education) , Saudi Association of Hearing Impairment, the Special  
Education Department at King Saud University, and some faculty   
members and students.

The discussion circle included:

1. Short speech by the Dean who welcomed and thanked participants.
Prof Sa'ad Al Shehry the Dean of Community College in A Riyadh

2. Speech by Art & Education Department chairman Dr. Khalid Al Hafy.


3. Val created a short video by email, in La Jolla, California,  
welcoming everyone.
The video was shown during the discussion.

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4. Presentation on SignWriting by Dr. Mohamed Abushaira
included:
1.    Definition of writing, relation between language and writing
2.    The reality of Sign Language
3.    The need (cause, benefit) of writing Sign Language
4.    What is SignWriting?
5.    History of SignWriting
6.    Research on SignWriting
7.    What has already been accomplished in SignWriting?
8.    Arabic experience in SignWriting



After that, a group discussion was conducted about SignWriting at the  
end. Participants decided on the following recommendations:

1. More research must be conducted on SignWriting. The representative  
of Special Education Department Mr Naser al Ibrahim said "they can  
cooperate to make research accomplished".

2. SignWriting courses for teachers are required.


Report by Dr. AbuShaira, with more photos, can be downloaded on the web:
http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs6/sw0548_SaudiArabia_SW_DiscussionGroup.pdf

For more information:

King Saud University
http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/m_abushaira/default.aspx

Dr. Mohamed Mahmod Abushaira
m_abushaira at yahoo.com

Dr. Mohammad Abushaira
Department of Arts and Education
Assistant Professor, Special Education
Community College, King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

SignWriting in Arabic Nations
http://www.SignWriting.org/arabia
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