receptive vs. expressive - history?

[Tini Pel]

Hi Charles,
Just a little note:
I write dance writing being behind the dancer, or I become the  
dancer. Since  the early ' 70-tees.
Have a great day

L.I.F.E.

Tini.



On 20-Oct-09, at 11:37 PM, Charles Butler wrote:

> For me, I learned receptive first, so it was literally "write what  
> you see" when you are seeing someone else's hands.  Then when they  
> switched, I considered it an extension.  I just teach "write what  
> you see".  Then receptive is for transcribing something brand new  
> if you don't know the meaning, and then expressive when you have  
> moved it to your own hands.  Expressive has become the standard for  
> the dictionaries and most usage.  Dance writing is still,  
> apparently, receptive.  It took me hours to transcribe video tape  
> because I think to write what someone else is doing, and then  
> reverse it to my hands is the challenge.
>
> Charles
>
> --- On Tue, 10/20/09, MARIA AZZOPARDI <maria.azzopardi at um.edu.mt>  
> wrote:
>
> From: MARIA AZZOPARDI <maria.azzopardi at um.edu.mt>
> Subject: [sw-l] receptive vs. expressive - history?
> To: "SignWriting List" <sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 5:13 PM
>
> 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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