Non Verbal Language Essay

The reason that language is so complicated is due to that there is no right way to communicate. As a species, humans communicate in many ways, verbally, through technology and non-verbally. A lot of the cues we get through communication are non-verbal. Not only this but because of certain issues such an individual being born deaf or over time becoming deaf, some can only communicate non-verbally. Whether it's from sign-language to technology. Even to those who can communicate verbally, they will still need to pick up on non-verbal cues to understand what a person might be saying. We use non-verbal cues every day when we’re driving, when we’re texting or even when we are in conversation with one another. We are always signaling, using facial …show more content…
Due to this issue with the deaf not being able to keep up with the age group in reading, meaning many deaf high school seniors end up barely reading at a fourth grade level (CITE). This was found out due to a study that had been done by the Gallaudet Research Institute in Washington. In another study done by Judith et. Al (CITEjournal) had also done a study on bilingualism with the deaf using both ASL and English and they too came to the conclusion that both languages are use full and important for deaf children and the development in reading (CITEjournal). This was further proven when a mother (cite name) pulled her daughter out of school and found that her daughter didn’t know what bread, yell, etc. meant. This was most likely due to the fact that the school didn’t pay attention to the fact that English and written English would be considered a second language to those who use ASL as their first language. Meaning that school made