[Sw-l] Call it Signreading?

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
September 27, 2023

Hello SW List and AnnaGrace and Josenilson -

We have used the term “SignReading” or “signreading” before. In the Search area on SignWriting.org <http://signwriting.org/> … search for “signreading”, and it finds photos from Brazil back in the late 1990s - photos of “signreaders” who were learning SignWriting in our early history in 1996 and so forth -

So the answer is YES, go right ahead and use the term “signreading”. It is a good point that learning how to read is very important and many learn to read quickly.

Glad you agree, Josenilson -

Val ;-)

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> On Sep 27, 2023, at 1:50 PM, Josenilson da Silva Mendes <jsm88b at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi, Anna Grace and all on the SW List!
> 
> Yes, I use the term, "signreading".
> 
> Josenilson Mendes
> 
> 
> Em qua., 27 de set. de 2023 às 14:20, Ms. AnnaGrace <msannagrace20 at gmail.com> escreveu:
> Hi All on the SignWriting list --
> 
> I'm working on teaching others how to read SignWriting.
> 
> Usually, before we learn how to write, we learn how to read. We read first before we write. 
> 
> Therefore, I am teaching others how to...signread. The students would have to do signreading before they could do signwriting.
> 
> Do any of you use the term, "signreading"?
> 
> Just curious. I look forward to your feedback!
> 
> ~ AnnaGrace
> 
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