[DEAF] Without ASL, English is IMPOSSIBLE!

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
October 11, 2009

Hello Stefan, Anny, Adam, Cherie and Everyone -

Thank you for your interest, Stefan and Anny, from Germany and French- 
Switzerland!

The video link that was sent to me is clearly in ASL, directed to ASL  
signers...of course it is not in German Sign Language or French-Swiss  
Sign Language...wouldn't that be wonderful if it were? ;-))

It is really very "USA focused"...And I do not know the person who  
sent me the link...it was just something I shared with all of you  
without any preparation. I do not believe the signer even knows about  
SignWriting. SignWriting was never mentioned in the video that I  
noticed, but I do think it would be wonderful to point out to the  
signer that written American Sign Language adds another component to  
teaching signers both English and ASL...that having a written form for  
both languages is true bilingualism. Oftentimes here in the US, people  
assume that there is only writing for the spoken language but no  
writing for ASL...and that is a shame, since Adam, Cherie and so many  
others on this List are writing ASL now.

I am hoping in time that the public awareness will change as more  
people realize that ASL and other sign languages can be written...

I invited the signer to join our SignWriting List. That has not  
happened yet...At the moment our List has exactly 144 List members...

100 Non-digested Members of SW-L
44 Digested Members of SW-L

I know it feels like the whole world uses SignWriting here on the  
List, but actually we are a small group of users here on the List, and  
SignWriting is used by a much larger group of people off the List...I  
can tell that by the news of it spreading in various places, without  
my realizing it, which means there were no messages on the List to  
inform me of certain projects etc...and that is an exciting fact, but  
hard for us to pin down exactly how it is being used in this big big  
world of ours!

I am happy it is spreading. Sooner or later we bump into users and we  
then have a great communication and that is always gratifying...

Val ;-)

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On Oct 11, 2009, at 11:55 PM, Anne-Claude Prélaz Girod wrote:

> same problem with me.....
>
> Anny



On Oct 11, 2009, at 11:46 PM, Stefan Wöhrmann wrote:

> Hi Valerie and listmembers,
> unfortunately I cannot understand what he is talking/signing about.
> Is there anywhere a short translation?
> I can imagine that it has something to do with my favourite concept  
> of teaching deaf children. Bilingual including SignWriting and the  
> written form of the spoken language – smile.
>
> Stefan ;-)

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>
> Von: sw-l-bounces at majordomo.valenciacc.edu [mailto:sw-l-bounces at majordomo.valenciacc.edu 
> ] Im Auftrag von Valerie Sutton
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 11. Oktober 2009 17:08
> An: SignWriting List
> Cc: lagunazurfer at gmail.com
> Betreff: [sw-l] Fwd: [DEAF] Without ASL, English is IMPOSSIBLE!
>
> SignWriting List
> October 11, 2009
>
> Dear SW List Members...
>
> I received this message this morning. Interesting video...
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> Without ASL, English is I-M-P-O-S-S-I-B-L-E!
> Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veTHjmk3bx8




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