Comments on: 17 Days and Counting http://www.foundinceylon.com/2008/05/22/17-days-and-counting/ A deaf American volunteer goes to Sri Lanka to work at a school for deaf children in Matara. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:19:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: DE http://www.foundinceylon.com/2008/05/22/17-days-and-counting/#comment-9822 DE Fri, 23 May 2008 13:57:16 +0000 http://www.foundinceylon.com/2008/05/22/17-days-and-counting/#comment-9822 Yes! A good idea- a video dictionary- how very 21st century! Hats off to you & the Sri Lanka Deaf community. Yes! A good idea- a video dictionary- how very 21st century! Hats off to you & the Sri Lanka Deaf community.

]]> By: jaliya jayawardena http://www.foundinceylon.com/2008/05/22/17-days-and-counting/#comment-9820 jaliya jayawardena Fri, 23 May 2008 10:17:33 +0000 http://www.foundinceylon.com/2008/05/22/17-days-and-counting/#comment-9820 Please contact Mr V Ramanah at ramanah@infolume.com He is leading an ICTA e-Society funded (http://www.icta.lk/esdi) project to create a video dictionary of 2000 words in Sri Lankan Sign language The signs and lip movements are video taped and shown with the word and a picture to help association The 2000 words (signs and lip movements) have completed filming now They are now being assembled into a self learning CD which will be given to students and teachers and siblings so that they can learn sign language The content and CDs will be freely given out as it is a government project You can speak to either Mr Ramanah or myself as we would love to share this with you PS: The computer lab/speech therapy lab at Rohana which was recently opened was also an ICTA e-Society funded project, partnered with Loadstar Please contact Mr V Ramanah at ramanah@infolume.com

He is leading an ICTA e-Society funded (http://www.icta.lk/esdi) project to create a video dictionary of 2000 words in Sri Lankan Sign language

The signs and lip movements are video taped and shown with the word and a picture to help association

The 2000 words (signs and lip movements) have completed filming now

They are now being assembled into a self learning CD which will be given to students and teachers and siblings so that they can learn sign language

The content and CDs will be freely given out as it is a government project

You can speak to either Mr Ramanah or myself as we would love to share this with you

PS: The computer lab/speech therapy lab at Rohana which was recently opened was also an ICTA e-Society funded project, partnered with Loadstar

]]> By: ella mae lentz http://www.foundinceylon.com/2008/05/22/17-days-and-counting/#comment-9817 ella mae lentz Fri, 23 May 2008 06:55:54 +0000 http://www.foundinceylon.com/2008/05/22/17-days-and-counting/#comment-9817 Adam, Love the plan for the dictionary, utilizing native Deaf Sri Lankans as sign models and doing oversight and you working the camera and settings! Way to go, ma friend. And yes let us know how the Deaf Studies mini-course turns out. They re lucky and far ahead of most of American schools! Adam,
Love the plan for the dictionary, utilizing native Deaf Sri Lankans as sign models and doing oversight and you working the camera and settings! Way to go, ma friend.
And yes let us know how the Deaf Studies mini-course turns out. They re lucky and far ahead of most of American schools!

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