| SignWriting List Archive 1 October 1997 - May 1998 |
April 25, 1998
MESSAGE TO THE SIGNWRITING EMAIL LIST
SUBJECT: SW Literacy Development
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 14:21:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Roving Reporter <Tlshell@concentric.net>
X-Sender: Tlshell@mariner.cris.com
To: SignWriting <DAC@SignWriting.org>
Subject: Pls POST Re: SW Literacy Development
On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Ruth Kartchner wrote:
>From: Ruth Kartchner <rek@u.arizona.edu>
>Dear Valerie,
>I know I have not communicated with you for a while, but
I have been busy
>trying to finish my dissertation. I want to make a couple
of points about
>literacy development.
>SignWriting is all over the world now, and I noticed that
some teachers are
>having a little difficulty teaching SignWriting to young
children. I wonder
>if this has something to do with the educational systems
in the different
>countries. Having grown up in Chile, I know that whole language
was out of
>the question, for instance. The methods used even today tend
to be a little
>painful for the children. Consider these points (which I
took right out of
>my dissertation) and see if you think they are valuable in
teaching
>SignWriting.
I wonder how "whole writing" can even be applied if the materials aren't there? Are there now books in print in SignWriting? If not, can they be developed? Have any of the publishers of ASL literature (such as DawnSignPress in San Diego) been approached for such a project?
>· Literacy develops in direct proportion to the
type and amount of
>immersion. In other words, the printed word has to be made
available to the
>child. Adults and other children need to be available to
interact with the
>child. Interaction requires the use of language. In this
way, language
>development becomes crucial.
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Therese Shellabarger - tlshell@concentric.net
https://www.concentric.net/~tlshell/ Shalom chaverot!