Hi!!

[Adam Frost]

Hello Irina!

I am so glad to see your email. I see that Val has already responded,  
and I just want to say to follow as she suggested as I suggest the  
same. You can also get in contact with Jorge Rodriges. (I hope you are  
getting the list emails as well, Jorge. If not, I will help you out  
when I get home.)

Adam

On Sep 12, 2009, at 6:56 PM, "Valerie Sutton" <sutton at signwriting.org>  
wrote:

> SignWriting List
> 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
> <smile_sad.gif>
>> .
>> 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
>
>
> -----------
>
> 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....
>
> ---------
>
> 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/
>
> Leções 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
>
> ----
>
> 2. View Lessons in SignWriting Videos on the web
> http://www.signwriting.org/video/lessons/
>
> -----
>
> 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...
>
> ------
>
> 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
>
> --------------
>
>
>
>
> 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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