Essay On American Sign Language

The American sign language is a form of communication that uses gestures instead of using a verbal means of communicating, now the bill Sb 2981 proposes that the american sign language should be recognized as a foreign language in the public school system. What this means is that any public school in the state may teach the American Sign Language and if a student completes a course in this language, then the student will get a credit towards their world language requirement. I personally support this idea as this would open up more opportunities to “expand their horizons” and give students opportunities to learn a language that uses visual cues and does not use any verbal cues at all. Sign language will also give people a way to communicate and build relationships others whose hearing is impaired. Most …show more content…
When you learn the American sign language, it is evidently comprised of only nonverbal communication, so that would include gestures that come out naturally. In the American sign language when you some signs, such as hurt, you use your facial expression to express different things (life print). If you do not use expressions such as this, you would be seen as someone with an accent of sorts, and because the point of taking a foreign language class is to meet all the standards, one of the standards is to become more fluent in the language that you are taking, so you will eventually learn to effectively use facial expressions properly while speaking. Since this bill is relevant to high school, the students do not know what they are going to do with their future careers yet, so there is a good chance that they will eventually take a class that involves some sort of public speaking, so it would make it easier to present in those