What Is An American Sign Language
All over the world we have a lot of cultures and languages that make up human society, one of them is the American sign language. There are studies that show us and tell us that one of the most interesting phenomenon of our society is the language, but the people that can’t hear have no use in this type of communication. So, they have created their own kind of language and a way they can communicate easily. In this kind of communication they use hand sign and body gestures, something we, the hearing people, don’t usually do. For them its really easy to learn it, but maybe for us that don’t really need it, its hard to learn. It’s a very interesting language, so I want to learn it. I’ve searched on information of this type of language, and is thought to have originated in the American school for the Deaf, founded in Hartford, Connecticut in 1817. Deafness, the condition of lacking the power of hearing or having impaired hearing, it can be a condition you are born with or you can slowly have a hearing loss. We can also go deaf suddenly as a complication of a virus, or lose our hearing over time because of disease, nerve damage, or injury caused by noise. But, going back to ASL we’ve mention that is a visual gestural language.
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Something I didn’t know is that no form of sign language is universal.
There are a lot of different ways to do sign language depending on where you are. For example, British sign language (BSL) is different from ASL, someone who knows ASL may not be able to understand BSL. ASL is mostly used in north America. It’s the part of all America were are more deaf people and hearing
losses.
Obviously, spoken languages produce words by using the mouth and our voice to make noises. But, for a deaf person the most powerful tool is the vision. If you want to communicate with a deaf person, but you don’t know ASL you would need to speak clear so the person could read your lips. As English or Spanish, ASL has its own rules for pronunciation, word order, and complex grammar. Just as certain English words are spoken differently in different parts of the country, ASL has regional variations in the rhythm of signing, form, and pronunciation. In conclusion, I would love to learn ASL because even though I don’t really need it because I hear and speak, maybe someday I could help someone and it would be fun. It’s a privilege to learn another language. Maybe one day you’ll learn ASL language. You and I could meet awesome people thru it. This is my little essay, hope you liked it, Prof.
Something I didn’t know is that no form of sign language is universal.
There are a lot of different ways to do sign language depending on where you are. For example, British sign language (BSL) is different from ASL, someone who knows ASL may not be able to understand BSL. ASL is mostly used in north America. It’s the part of all America were are more deaf people and hearing
losses.
Obviously, spoken languages produce words by using the mouth and our voice to make noises. But, for a deaf person the most powerful tool is the vision. If you want to communicate with a deaf person, but you don’t know ASL you would need to speak clear so the person could read your lips. As English or Spanish, ASL has its own rules for pronunciation, word order, and complex grammar. Just as certain English words are spoken differently in different parts of the country, ASL has regional variations in the rhythm of signing, form, and pronunciation. In conclusion, I would love to learn ASL because even though I don’t really need it because I hear and speak, maybe someday I could help someone and it would be fun. It’s a privilege to learn another language. Maybe one day you’ll learn ASL language. You and I could meet awesome people thru it. This is my little essay, hope you liked it, Prof.