[senit] symbol translation

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the

hi in the thread below I had used the symbol
translation advice at
http://www.widgit.com/symbols/about_symbols/symbol_use/index.htm
it was recieved well by that particular group of
staff. However more recently I have repeated this with
other staff and run into problems using this as a
handout. Working through the advice with the group on
the iwb proves deceptively easy, but when it comes to
individual or paired practice using the same sheet it
becomes evident that there is too much in this advice
sheet it needs to be drastically broken down for some
situations. With its coverage of F11, F12,
wordlists,layout ideas etc and using terms such as
pronouns it seems to 1. be set at about level 4 NC 
2. require a familiarity with using wws albeit in a
way that may be poor at symbolising 3. require ICT
skills above beginners level. So at one end you have
people using wws confidently but needing specific
advice on symbol translation and at the other end you
have people struggling to use wws (and with need of
symbol translation advice). 
So 1. is it worth trying to teach symbol translation
principles to the latter group at an early stage or is
it better to let them get lots of practice at just
using the program ? 
2. If it is worth it- has anyone come across a small
step introduction to symbol translation at about NC
level 2 ?
david
--- david fettes <davidfettes3 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>  Thanks to everyone who contributed to the
> discussion
> on symbol translation we had a useful short training
> session for staff using many of the ideas discussed
> to
> try out symbol translation at the computer
> especially
> using WWS2000 F12, F11 and language simplification.
> David 
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