[DEAF] Without ASL, English is IMPOSSIBLE!

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
October 12, 2009

Yes, that's right, Charles. List members here have been so focused on  
the List messages, that we forget that email lists are now just one of  
many ways to get the word out on a topic...The SignWriting List is a  
technical support list, to help teach symbols and software to  
users...but it is not really reaching new people very well...because  
the internet changed over the years, and became more social...they  
call that Web 2.0 I believe...

Today, the world seems to be communicating with social networking,  
done through social web sites, like Facebook, LinedIn, Twitter, and  
Flock and so many others...and then there are the video sites like  
YouTube and others...and Blogs...and they are the way people inform  
new people about new things now...I am totally behind on all this...

So YouTube is a perfect vehicle for explaining and teaching  
SignWriting...There are a few videos on YouTube about SignWriting  
already (thanks to those who have posted!), but very few, and that has  
been something on my To Do List...to start posting some of the videos  
we own on YouTube...but what is even better is if other List members  
were to create your own videos teaching and discussing SignWriting, in  
many sign languages and many spoken languages...not just ASL, but also  
DGS, and LSF and etc etc...the more the better!

Val ;-)

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On Oct 12, 2009, at 11:25 AM, Charles Butler wrote:

> I guess we all need to do our presentations and get them on YouTube  
> and publicize them.
>
> Charles
>
>
> --- On Mon, 10/12/09, Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org> wrote:
>
> From: Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org>
> Subject: [sw-l] [DEAF] Without ASL, English is IMPOSSIBLE!
> To: "SignWriting List" <sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
> Cc: lagunazurfer at gmail.com
> Date: Monday, October 12, 2009, 1:29 PM
>
> 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 ;-)
>
> ----------
>
> 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 ;-)
>
> -------
>
> >
> > 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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