receptive vs. expressive - history?

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
October 20, 2009

Hi Maria and Everyone!

Yes...that is very acceptable...

For me, I do not teach the Receptive any longer...only the Expressive.

I do tell students about the history of the writing system briefly in  
the beginning, and I explain that we did start receptively but Deaf  
people suggested using the Expressive and that is why we use  
Expressive now...that is the norm...and then I never mention the  
Receptive again unless someone asks about it...

So no need to teach Receptive...in fact...that will only confuse  
people i think...

Val ;-)

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On Oct 20, 2009, at 2:13 PM, MARIA AZZOPARDI wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering what to do with the receptive and expressive view  
> points,
> when teaching signwriting.
>
> As teachers of signwriting, would you include this explanation - or  
> would
> presenting the two possibilities create a problem that might not be  
> there.
>
> I've found that when I explain how to signwrite the different  
> orientations
> I explain the 'expressive viewpt' and never include the receptive  
> view, so
> as not to 'teach' them something that I will later have to unteach.
>
> do you find that explaining the expressive view and leaving out the
> 'receptive' writing, acceptable?
>
> thanks
> Maria
>
>
>
>
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