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September 12, 2009

On Sep 12, 2009, at 3:27 PM, Irina Baptista wrote:
> Hi to all of you!! A special hi for Adam and Val!
>  My name is Irina and I'm from Portugal, I was on one of the  
> workshops that Adam gave here. Two years ago I graduated in  
> Kindergarden School, and also started learning portuguese sign  
> language, and since then I became interested on knowing more and  
> more about deaf people. Last year I had the luck of working on a  
> deaf student school, and I loved it! This year unfortunately I am  
> unemployed 
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> .
>  I loved the workshop of Adam. although I think that was not enough  
> time to learn sign writing, it should be longer... So I became very  
> interesting on sign writing and I would really want to learn it, and  
> who knows, one day teach it here in Portugal. But I don't really  
> know how to do it. It is enough learnig the lesson you have on the  
> web site? Is there anywhere I can learn it?
>  I hope you can help me...
>  kisses, Irina

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Hello Irina!
It is so wonderful to meet you. Thank you for joining the SignWriting  
List and welcome!

Our List includes members from 20 countries or so....You are one of  
the few from Portugal...smile...I hope you can start writing some  
Portuguese signs in SignPuddle and then share them with our List. We  
can learn together that way.

I am happy to know you are interested in teaching SignWriting in  
Portugal...teachers are needed. Portugal is new to SignWriting, so you  
can play an important role introducing the writing system in your  
country. And yes, let's start learning together here on this List, on  
the internet. It is possible. I know many people who have learned  
SignWriting this way and they are teaching it now. There are also  
SignWriting teachers in other countries in Europe, such as Spain,  
Germany, Norway, Belgium and Switzerland, so later, if you are  
interested, I can put you in touch with them too...Several of them are  
here on the SignWriting List as well...

But let's start learning here on the List for now....

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1. To start learning, I would suggest downloading 2 free textbooks on  
the web:

Lessons in SignWriting Textbook in English and ASL
http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/lessonsw/

Le??es SignWriting Textbook in Portuguese and LIBRAS
http://www.signwriting.org/lessons/lessonsw/Portuguese.html

There are also textbooks from Spain and Germany if you are interested.

Start reading those books. Explore the Lessons section on the web:

Lessons in SignWriting
http://www.signwriting.org/lessons

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2. View Lessons in SignWriting Videos on the web
http://www.signwriting.org/video/lessons/

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3. Start trying to add signs in SignPuddle:

Portuguese SignPuddle
http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle/index3.html#sgn-PT

There is instruction for SignPuddle on this web page:

Help for SignPuddle
http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle/help

or write again to ask how to get started...

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4. And most important, start asking questions here on the SignWriting  
List. Your questions are always welcome...

Adam is returning home to Southern California tomorrow night...I am  
picking him up at the airport. I am really looking forward to learning  
about his trip, and I am sure he will be happy to know we are already  
in communication on the SignWriting List together...(I live in San  
Diego, and Adam lives around three hours north by car, in a city north  
of Los Angeles...He is a student in Deaf Studies at the California  
State University at Northridge (CSUN) that has a National Center on  
Deafness there...)...

And I assume you live in Lisbon?...smile...

So keep posting - and thanks for writing!

Val ;-)

Valerie Sutton
Sutton at SignWriting.org

1. SignWriting
Read & Write Sign Languages
http://www.SignWriting.org

2. SignPuddle
Create SignWriting Documents Online
http://www.SignBank.org/signpuddle

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On Sep 12, 2009, at 3:27 PM, Irina Baptista wrote:

> Hi to all of you!! A special hi for Adam and Val!
>
> My name is Irina and I'm from Portugal, I was on one of the  
> workshops that Adam gave here. Two years ago I graduated in  
> Kindergarden School, and also started learning portuguese sign  
> language, and since then I became interested on knowing more and  
> more about deaf people. Last year I had the luck of working on a  
> deaf student school, and I loved it! This year unfortunately I am  
> unemployed .
>
> I loved the workshop of Adam. although I think that was not enough  
> time to learn sign writing, it should be longer... So I became very  
> interesting on sign writing and I would really want to learn it, and  
> who knows, one day teach it here in Portugal. But I don't really  
> know how to do it. It is enough learnig the lesson you have on the  
> web site? Is there anywhere I can learn it?
>
> I hope you can help me...
>
> kisses
> Irina
> -------------------------------------
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