James.Womack@f14.n300.z1.fidonet.org (James Womack) (04/17/91)
Index Number: 15006
[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]
What I am thinking about now is the ASL. I'm not worrying
about the English portion of it for now. I am concerned with what ASL
has in terms of literature. People still have doubts about whether or
not ASL stories have story structure. So me people still have doubts
about this. Can you imagine that? First, I have to convince people
of that and show them proof of that. Then I can proceed to the
analysis of the internal structure of the story such as the cultural
components and the s pecial uses of the language. After I have done
this and printed the book, then I can add the English component. That
is another whole half of the project. It will be an awful lot of
work. But, first I am focusing on the ASL component. That gives you
an idea of what the ASL Literature Series for high school students is
all about. I have outlined the basic steps in the process for you.
This is one of the projects I am currently working on at the
University of Arizona. Next year, it will be finished. It will be
printed in December of 1991. Oh, my goodness, that is coming up soon!
Yikes! I'll have to hurry to get it done. So, what do you think?
(Responses: It's beautiful! It's wonderful!)
Question: Not on videotape.
Sam: Yes, oh, I'm not sure. For right now, the ASL Literature Series
is only for ASL. I'm writing a workbook for hearing students who are
learning ASL as a second language. You're talking about a workbook
for deaf students. That's different. Th is workbook is for hearing
students. It has the questions, explanations, and discussions written
in English. It includes a fact statement. My story has an
interesting sequence of events. I was amazed when I analyzed it. It
is rich with cultural information. For example, there is something in
the story about deaf peddlers selling ABC cards, their characters, how
they are despised by deaf people. In the story there is a problem
regarding a peddler. I included all of this in the discussion. I
included information about deaf peddlers which I found in the book
called Deaf Heritage. Within the story I explain what it means to be
a deaf peddler. In the workbook I used English to discuss portions of
the videotape. Another question?
Question not on videotape.
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