| SignWriting List Archive 1 October 1997 - May 1998 |
April 27, 1998
MESSAGE TO THE SIGNWRITING EMAIL LIST
SUBJECT: Re: Message #2 from Brazil...
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 22:16:34 -0400
From: "Delamar Weber & Ronice M. de Quadros" <dweber@neca.com>
To: DAC@SignWriting.org
Subject: Message 2 # Brazil
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Norine!
I am glad to hear from you.
I send a message to Marianne with a copy of your message. I would
like to say that I am sure that many facts can be the reason
for some problems that Marianne mention. One of them that I think
very important is the one that Valerie Sutton mentioned in the
last week, i.e., there is no material writing in SignWriting
in LIBRAS (Brazilian Sign Language). We are just beginning and
we have a lot to learn. Another thing very interesting that Marianne
mentioned was the fact that the deaf adults are enjoying much
more than the kids because of the knowledge of the signs. In
Brazil, our kids have no access to sign language early. Usually,
their vocabulary is very restrict. This can be a good reason.
Anyway, I think that is a good idea: to think about it. We are just begging a new trajectory in Deaf Education with SignWriting.
Let us keeping talking about it.
To Norine practice her Portuguese: Saudades... Um abraço
bem grande e bem brasileiro.
Ronice
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Delamar Weber Jr. & Ronice M. de Quadros
115 Courtyard Lane Storrs-CT 06268 USA
dweber@neca.com Phone (860) 429-1709
On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Norine Berenz wrote...
>Hi.
>It would be interesting to know more about the uses Marianne
Stumpf
>is asking her students to put SignWriting to. Ronice raises
some of
>these questions in her comments. If SignWriting is just an
exercise
>without real goals, then that may account for the lack of
student
>enthusiasm. If students needed SignWriting to write down
a poem or
>story they'd seen performed (perhaps on video), then that
piece were
>analyzed or re-created, maybe that would help the students
see the
>utility of SignWriting.
>Another question I have is the level of literacy in Portuguese
of the
>students involved. If they have good Portuguese literacy
skills, that
>may actually be a disincentive to learn SignWriting. It seems
to me
>that an important use of SignWriting is to show students
the
>relationship between conversation (in the sign language)
and writing
>(of the sign language) when they are struggling with literacy
in the
>majority (spoken) language.
>Just a few more thoughts on the subject...
>Best,
>Norine
>South Africa
>104NOR@muse.arts.wits.ac.za